flatbush27, you wrote:
i never said it was obligatory. i never said it was halacha. if someone feels the need to be outside the box or mold for some reason or just enjoys going deeper into galus and dressing and acting and eating like a goy so be it.
Are you saying that anyone who doesn’t dress like the gedolim (at least the ones you are thinking of) is “dressing and acting and eating like a goy”? I wonder if these gedolim view anyone who doesn’t dress like them as “dressing and acting and eating like a goy”. If not, why do you feel a need to be more machmir in dress habits (or more maikil in ahavas yisrael) than they are?