LLW – I agree with you completely that this thread is garbage and judging people’s entirety by their dress is wrong. I haven’t read most of theseposts so I may be repeating others but I want to address your comment because I hear where you are coming from.
When people walk around in skirts that are too short, they bring acceptance to action and make it more comfortable for others to do the same. When something is wrong per Halacha, and people do it publicly, it needs to be spoken out against.
Does that mean judging them as people is okay? No. Making assumptions about the rest of their lives okay? No. But it also isn’t okay to say, “I’m not gonna comment on this behavior, even though it is getting more untzniusdig and affecting more people”
So you are right, most bashers have no lishma attached to their bashing. It seems to be a hobby for them. And you are right that someone in that dress may be a better human being, or even a better Jew than some of those who dress btznius but have other behaviors. But your point is wrong that we shouldn’t speak strongly against the act of dressing in that way in public while presenting yourselves as drum Jews when it is wrong.
Does that give license to judge the person? No
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