One need not be shocked or censorious, but one should not accord respect either.

I'm not making a normative judgment about why it's polite to accord respect to sign language.

Those who prize social unity and order will tend to believe that people's deepest feelings and beliefs should be accorded respect.

They were meant to conjure the presence of a divinely appointed monarch and subjects were expected to treat them according respect.

Villagers accorded respect and honor to those whom they perceived as having authority or prestige.