Don’t take my answer seriously, and I am not a native speaker, but  I would like to have an input in giving answer as the way I understood. 

Grammatically, the sentence is totally correct, but it isn’t common to use. 

The purpose of the question is intended to shape itself as a grammar more than a meaning. 

So the meaning isn’t necessary in question made such ways. 

It sounds awkward, because there is a rule, as I think, implying: sometime 

>- something limited (lefties) can belong to something in **general** (much respect); conversely, something in general unlimited (much respect) can’t belong to something limited (lefties)
 
We can say: 

 >- We deserve a better life. 

But we cannot say: 

>- life is deserved by us.