this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Black background would have been better.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The law specified the background color.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Legalist authorization bureaucracies will hinge the draconian punishment for failing to hang a sign on the dye used to color fabric.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've seen this before, but I've never been able to verify it as being real.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a legitimate protest of a stupid law that uses a legacy of inconsistent thought and limited perception to do an end run around the first amendment, but the text of the law requires a poster per building, so if they have enough in English, there would be no "need" to accept or post them. Now, if a principal or administrator had some balls, I certainly don't see why they couldn't use one of these or to flank the posters they do post with lots of context or more diverse ideas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Now, if a principal or administrator had some balls

You don't become a public school middle manager in Texas by showing balls. You'd get weeded out before you even got through the substitute program for teaching gym class.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Doesn't that go against separation of church and state, and if this is government pushed, isn't this a first amendment violation?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Fucking hate this. There is a local public meeting that starts with a prayer to the Evangelical God in Jesus’s name that I’m forced to attend because of my job. I hate being essentially compelled to participate in prayer. The SCOTUS precedent supporting this is 100000000% Christian bias.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apart from this, what if you just donated several hundred posters at once? They all have to be displayed?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No. They're not interested in playing fair or being consistent. They'll simply warp the rules to fit their outcome and declare these posters noncomplaint. You can't out-maneuver people who simply cheat.

The assholes on that side of things are a mixture of those who actually believe and want the US to be a religious state, and those who simply are using religion as a method of control. That second group is happy to see religious conflict because a) it distracts from real problems while they consolidate money and power, 2) they can use the fervor to further solidify their support form that religious base.

This is absolutely not new and has happened before in history. It's just sad to see the US going down this path.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

New MrBeast video

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rainbow background would’ve been the cherry on top

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I actually looked into this back when it was originally happening and the rules were fairly strict. It specified background color and wording but it didn't give a language so this guy did about the best you could given the rules.

However it would be a shame if someone printed a poster with UV reactive paint that changed to something else over time while it hangs.