While respect should go both ways I am of the belief that you should be respectful even if you feel some disrespect or condescension. That is not to say that you just take everything thrown at you when someone is out of line. But there is a way to still be respectful (to a point) to move on from the situation.
One of the biggest disconnects I see out there is one side reading way too much into what the other side says or does. People react way to much based on how they took something rather than how it was actually intended. This goes along with one my most hated statements of "my truth". Sure there is how you see something but that doesn't always make it right. I can't stand when people jump down your throat because you said something that you meant innocently and they read way too much into it and instead of trying to understand and communicate they go off. It's a big problem these days.
