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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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[–] Bazzatron@reddthat.com 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean - there are protected classes, right? You can't say "no whites" or "no Jews", I'm not a religious man - but where's the line between a political ideology and a religious one?

Or am I totally mistaken and this is completely permitted in the states?

[–] bruz@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That kind of discrimination is generally illegal, even after the recent supreme court case.

What the ruling says is that some kinds of business, such as designing a website, decorating a cake, or writing a song, for example, are considered speech. In those cases the right of the designer/decorator/songwriter to control their speech takes precedence.

However, this doesn't mean you can kick someone out of your restaurant for being Jewish or refuse to make a non-marriage related website because a client is gay. It's only cases where speech is involved.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The difference is that you can't choose your skin color, but you can't choose your beliefs in a different way.

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

In the US sadly that line no longer exists