this post was submitted on 01 Jul 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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[–] Thorosofbeer@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (16 children)

This isn't really malicious compliance. This is the very foundation of the point made by the Supreme Court. You should be able to refuse service to anyone for any reason. Anything less than that is the government engaging in violence to force you to work.

[–] bric@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Not any reason though, the case didn't change any of the protected classes like sex, religion, or sexual orientation. It just made it so a company can choose what "expressive work" they want to do, especially websites. So it's legal to say you don't want to make someone a custom website if you disagree with the contents of the website (ie a website that supports gay marriage), but it's still illegal to refuse to make someone a website because the customer is gay. You can choose what you make, but you can't choose who you sell it to

[–] Cornfed@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Zyansheep@vlemmy.net 13 points 1 year ago

Very important distinction.

It'd be pretty bad if hotels or restaurants started restricting access based on sex or race!

[–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

It’s a huge difference and nobody seems to understand it.

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