Not special treatment at all.
If someone asked me to stop calling them something then I would, cos that is the decent thing to do. You don't see it that way, that's fine.
I can't take seriously a request from someone to stop referring to her (amongst others) as dear, someone who continually uses snide comments about other posters from which they request better treatment.
You speak about "the decent thing to do" but evidently from your own behaviour are unfamiliar with it yourself
