In general, yes, if you treat others with respect, you will be treated with respect too. However, there are people that just suck at life. They fall on both sides of the native/non-native divide. Last year, when the nets were not supposed to be in, a guy drifted a net down right in front of grassy, picked up, went to the point above the bar and parked his boat and disappeared before any report would have done any good. He is an example of a bad FN. The non-native examples are very evident many days up there on grassy. I would think long and hard before bringing my kid up to around that area.
The only way to be treated with respect by some of those that just suck at life is to avoid them all together which is sometimes hard to do.