“Do we also need to “respect” Joe Stalin (or at least that he made decisions, if not the decisions made)? Or Bernie Madoff?”
apushatayid: “Are you trying to reach out to them and help them?”
So you are saying you only need to “respect” those you are reaching out too. That is different that what I first understood you to be saying.
“I just have a hard time believing “shaigetz get back in the beis medrash”
Some frei people are not open to approach due to intense religious hatred or other reasons.