“As a trans man, I have the immense privilege of blending in. But these laws force me to choose between safety and obeying the law.”

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[–] 18 points 2 months ago (8 children)

yes, that's what malicious compliance is

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Well yeah but isn't it usually taking advantage of small technicalities within a law to cause disruption? This is literally taking the law at face value, as it was intended

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    Malicious compliance generally doesn't involve technicalities, just following the rules. The maliciousness comes from knowing that following the rules, exactly as they are written down, will cause problems and disruption, and then doing it anyway, allowing the rules to override things like common sense.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Malicious compliance is about applying an overly literal interpretation of a rule. There is nothing overly literaral about acting as if a law requiring trans people to use the wrong bathroom requires trans people to use the wrong bathroom.

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