Yichusdik, I think you’re we have to separate what you see on these boards from real life.
The issues you are referring to are certainly dealt with, although in a less public way. I find it anachronistic to claim that abuse, corruption, etc. are still swept under the rug.
And although you are now clarifying that you only meant to criticize some anonymous posters in the CR, your posts do not come across that way.
MediumThinker,
My point is that it’s kind of paradoxical to criticize criticism for its own sake. The nature of the criticism isn’t really germane. The bottom line is that the critics on either side feel they are justified by virtue of being right. As far as not being nekamah because the point is to prevent further attacks, I don’t carry much hope that it will be effective. It is, in my opinion, to what realistic purpose (to borrow his phrase).
I also don’t feel that my response to Yichusdik is so much an attack as a dialogue (although I can’t be sure how it actually comes across). I give Yichusdik enough credit to feel that he might see some truth in what I am saying – more than I give the posters who wrote some of those demeaning comments on the other thread – and believe that we can have a productive conversation.