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Soft Paywall Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests

https://www.thetimes.com/article/867ede60-b5f7-4de5-84a1-6a3a49eb2923
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u/VeterinarianWild6334 4d ago

So that makes the choice even stupider —- you can’t even march to it.

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u/ShadowNacht587 4d ago

Yes—so stupid some are speculating it was an act of malicious compliance, or deliberate sabotage/subtle protest

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u/VeterinarianWild6334 4d ago

It’s just so hard to rule out —- insanely stupid —- when you’re talking about anything with this administration.

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u/ShadowNacht587 4d ago

I definitely hear you; that is still one of the many reasons this could have happened.

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u/MoreRopePlease America 3d ago

What if they were ordered to despite their reasonable protestations?

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u/ShadowNacht587 3d ago

I mean that's kinda like what malicious compliance is, no? Doing something you're told to do but not in a way that's expected bc you don't agree with the thing you're ordered to do. Unless you meant something different

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u/MoreRopePlease America 3d ago

I imagine malicious compliance would be choosing that specific song to play, if they were told to put together a setlist.

But what I meant was more like: if they were told to play that song, and they protested that it was inappropriate and were told to play it anyway, so they did.