what happened to respect?

From phillymag.com:

"Last Friday, an attaché of important gay people from Philadelphia made a trip to Washington D.C. as invited guests of President Barack Obama for the White House’s first-ever gay pride reception….some of them took advantage of photo opportunities to give the late President Ronald Reagan the middle finger...

Hart posted his photo on Facebook with the caption, “F*** Reagan.” [Zoe] Strauss simply posted hers without commentary. After all, the murderous facial expression and double-barreled bird-flipping seem to speak for themselves..."

what ever happened to respect?
I mean, really. Why can't people express their opinions considerately? 
I'm posting an edited version of the picture of Zoe Strauss that she shared on her facebook.

Use your imagination. 
Had a conservative person done this to a photograph of, Obama or JFK, they would probably be in jail now.


Inconsistent double-standards. 
 whatever happened to respect?