nisht: Okay, makes sense, kind of, though it was REALLY not clear in your original post. However, you must admit that the WoW fiasco is publicized much, much more than anything Eliyahu Fink writes.
If you’re talking about being embarrassed about the way the goyim see charedi Jews, it’s different than what you seem to be saying, that you’re embarrassed of how there are frum Jews who don’t act in the way that you think frum Jews should act. After all, Lipman and Piron are probably making the Orthodox community look great- look, I’m Orthodox and I’m reforming the antiquated school system! Not like those loonies. And the bloggers are probably seen as muckrakers, and the WoW as trailblazers in women’s rights in the Orthodox community. From a PR perspective, it’s the charedim who are completely ruining their collective image.
Remember, Orthodox doesn’t mean litvish, chassidish, or whatever. I’m sure MO people are just as annoyed at being asked by people, “Oh, you’re Orthodox, right? Like those hassids who threw chairs at the women’s lib people?” as you are by people saying, “Oh, you’re Orthodox, just like those blog dudes?”