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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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[–] snailtrail@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

WAT. I was giving extreme examples to illustrate that personal opinions sometimes have zero effect on your work, and sometimes they really really affect your work. And I specifically called out the fact that they were extreme examples:

Those examples are easy to comprehend because they’re extremes.

How the hell was that comparing being gay to sexual assault? How come you didn't use the other example and accuse me of comparing being gay to 3d printing?

[–] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

A sensible and reasonable analogy would be interracial marriage.

Should racist wedding business owners be able to refuse serving interracial marriages, on the basis of they don't believe in interracial marriage?