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Jean-Paul Sartre

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

Respect

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Sartre is criticizing people who suffer harm or oppression but still show admiration or deference to those causing their suffering. He finds it unacceptable for victims to honor or submit to those who control or destroy them.

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