Malicious Compliance: Goose, Gander and you know the rest.
I had this one from last year and totally forgot about it. And to answer the question, I do not see anything wrong with it, but I support it if anything to bring forward the idea that bad laws need to be erased even if the “intentions” behind it were good.
Teddy Roosevelt when he was Police Commissioner of New York City strictly enforced a local ordinance that prohibited the consumption of alcohol after certain times even though he was absolutely opposed to it. Even though business and people had found ways (semi-legal and otherwise) to ignore the ordnance, it was still in the books and applied haphazardly as in when some local pub did not want to have competition with another and paid the proper Tammany Hall influencers to sic police into them. By pure malicious compliance, Teddy managed to create enough political uprising that the ordinance was eventually removed, and every working Joe could enjoy a brew after work.
“Bake the cake!” is hateful when the other side is the target
years ago there was a “handicapped “ guy that went around to various businesses in kalifornia. many that he didn’t have a need to go into.. when he couldn’t getin them by himself in a wheel chair he sued them for YUGE money. this forced many to close as they would go bankrupt fighting. one such business was the DRIVE IN diner featured in American Graffiti.. it had inside tables he couldn’t get to… people that sue over “ladies night” don’t have enough to do and probably couldn’t get laid in a womens prison.. the stupid is deep.
Well, since (according to the Internet) there are more women than men in the US, it's clearly a case of an oppressed minority attempting to be heard...
I am sorry it's hurting small businesses, but we really, really need to get rid of the whole concept of "protected classes."