“Joseph, people react to being shunned by saying “Okay, I’m a goy now”. Then they go off, marry goyim, and don’t even put a menorah near their Christmas tree.”
What’s your point? I’m not saying I agree with the shunning idea, but how is this a counter-argument? You think the frum world should be constantly held hostage and forced to condone all kinds of aveiras out of fear of “driving people away?” That’s exactly the kind of thought-process that landed the greater MO community in the tznius crisis they have today.
“there ate likely bigger issurom in posting the name of a community than being an annus here and there and seeing an elbow.”
Oh, give me a break. There is nothing even close to assur about admitting that a certain region has problems, on average, with a certain halachah. Nothing was specific about the OP. Would it be a problem in your version of the Torah if the OP posted about the “American community?” Nothing he said concerned any individuals or institutions. Leading people to believe that a non-tzniusdik community is a yeshivish enclave is closer to lifnei iver than the OP’s post is to lashon hara.