Is respect something you give out freely until they give you a reason not to respect them?

I start out towards anyone new neutrally. They earn my respect or my disrespect by their actions. And I don’t give out either lightly.

Respect isn’t something I give out so much as something I feel. I tend to have a certain level of respect for everyone which manifests as good manners and politeness. If for some reason I have no respect for someone then I ignore them as much as possible.

I am generally respectful toward everyone, buy my respect has to be earned.

I am courteous to people in general, but respect is on a higher level and is based on experience with that person.

Respect from me isn’t something earned, it is something lost.
I respect everyone, until they screw up enough for me to consider otherwise.

I agree with @filmfann. I have basic respect for everyone until they give me a reason not to.

No fucking idea, that’s just something that happens without ever actually thinking about it, snap decisions are often the way to go on things.

freely given but once you lose my respect I usually stop caring.

It really depends on the person, though I tend to be careful these days. Being too nice can make you a target. On the other hand many ‘hard’ people had remarkably opened up to me when I was one of the few people to treat them like actual humans.