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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[–] MxM111@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Black background would have been better.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The law specified the background color.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 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.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Kuvwert@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 4 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.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 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.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 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?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 3 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.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Very slim chance this actually happened. There no actual photo of the flag, just a digital image that was created. Which means if it was not the creator of the flag, but a third person- they’d have a photo of the flag or in the least- not bothered recreating it in photoshop, but just describing it in enough detail. And if it was the creator that posted this- it wouldn’t be in 3rd person suggesting “someone” did this.

Additionally, In the rare chance it did happen- it wouldn’t be enforced.

[–] beneeney@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

What? You mean someone would just go on the Internet and lie like that?