mindless drone territory

The only part of this you seem qualified to weigh in on.

Think about it for a second, no, half a second and see if anything occurs to you.

and the fact it invented buddhism.

Siddhartha was born in what is now Nepal.

Your height range for women you would date overlaps with the height range you consider to be kids?

What do you mean by respected?

It depends on what your opinion is and what you mean by respect.

If your opinion is not well explained or backed up by evidence/logic and isn't something completely subjective, what is there to respect?

If your opinion is reprehensible, downright stupid, or ignorant? You have access to the entire base of human knowledge and are still ignorant, so what is there to respect?

Your opinion is completely logical/uncontroversial or is well backed by evidence? Where does respect come into it?