I think the more karma you have the less I respect you. Karma is just a measure of how much you follow the hive mind.
How did this become your conclusion?
I have been on the furry subreddit for a while I've seen first hand how comments and posts get upvoted and downvoted based on popularity alone in other subreddits.
Using Karma as a measure of respect is narrow minded. You never know how someone has earned that Karma to begin with. They can't always control who gives them Karma.
I'm not really a furry but my respect for those people is based on how much they openly support it and the community.
It's nice that you respect a community on reddit, but it's full of many other communities and looking down on others just because of karma is just you being judgmental of others based off something that doesn't tell the entire story. Try getting to know people before making judgements based off their characters due to some online number.