An important exclusion to note: You don't have to agree with others, endorse their actions, like their choices, be comfortable around them, or share their beliefs in order to dignify them. All you have to do is respect that every other person has merit and worth that is equivalent to your own.

What does it mean to dignify someone?

transitive verb. 1 : to give distinction to : ennoble. 2 : to confer dignity upon also : to give undue attention or status to won't dignify that remark with a reply.

What does it mean to dignify something with a response?

To dignify is to grant nobility or respect to something. ... Often, this word is used in a negative sense, as in "I wouldn't dignify him with an answer!" That means the speaker doesn't feel the person asking the question deserves respect.