The view which you describe implies that one cannot punish whom one respects. (Because “respect” means “not wanting to inflict suffering”, punishment is the infliction of suffering, therefore if I respect someone, then I can’t punish that person.)
This obviously creates a huge problem, namely: what if someone whom we respect, does something bad and worthy of punishment? On your view, we either don’t punish them, or we have to stop respecting them.
If you then also declare that not respecting someone (required for punishing them) is bad, then this means that we can never punish bad behavior by someone who is a member of the ingroup. (Which is, I assume, the point.)
The view which you describe implies that one cannot punish whom one respects. (Because “respect” means “not wanting to inflict suffering”, punishment is the infliction of suffering, therefore if I respect someone, then I can’t punish that person.)
This obviously creates a huge problem, namely: what if someone whom we respect, does something bad and worthy of punishment? On your view, we either don’t punish them, or we have to stop respecting them.
If you then also declare that not respecting someone (required for punishing them) is bad, then this means that we can never punish bad behavior by someone who is a member of the ingroup. (Which is, I assume, the point.)