Reply To: The Mechalel Shabbos Troll

Most of the mechallelei shabbos are, in a certain sense, tinokos shenishbu. There are also rebellious teenagers who view shabbos desecration as a form of rebellion. They aren’t posting here. The person in question clearly is beyond that point, and clearly knows better. This isn’t just someone who will be leaving the radio on with headphones over shabbos to hear the game, which, while wrong, and not in the spirit of shabbos at all, is at least not a deoraysa. This is someone logging onto a frum forum and participating. He knows that the Torah says mechaleleha mos yumas, knows that Shabbos guards us more than we guard the Shabbos, and yet, he is mechalel shabbos. This is as bemeizid as you can get. Thus the mild rebuke of etzba smal docheik that is supposed to be this thread.