You can only be be disrespected if you choose to be.
Believe that if you want, but don't preach it as gospel. Our men in uniform that came back upright from Vietnam were disrespected. But, not because they chose to be. Jesus was disrespected when He came as our Messiah, not because He chose to be.
If a person being disrespected can disregard it totally, more power to them. But, that doesn't mean they are not being disrespected by the other party.
I swear, Geoff. Some of the things you have come up with lately have caused me to wonder if you and Ed aren't blood kin.