@JustThink – would you prefer an echo chamber? At least when I was younger, we were taught to debate topics in Torah and Halacha, bringing in Pesukim, Memros, Gemara, Rishonim , and Achronim – and logic – to support our position – think about the way you learned in Beis Medrash back when you were in Yeshiva. At least when I was younger, we were allowed – even encouraged – to question our Rabei’im’s positions, though obviously respectfully.
If you’ve read my comments over time, you’ll recognize that that’s what I do here. My views may be in the minority on this forum, but I base them on classic Halachic and Hashkafic sources. I’d have thought that ones raised on the classic shakla v’tarya of Gemara would be able to respond on point, rather that simply saying the equivalent of “well, I outsourced by thinking ability to Gadol X from 100 years ago and he said Y – so you must be wrong”. Perhaps Gadol Y’s position is still relevant, perhaps not – but to discuss it and its reasoning is completely legitimate.
The Yeshiva world in general sould welcome debate and discussion, as is classic in Yeshivos throughout the world. Mindless groupthink is not part of the tradition of our great Yeshivos – and should not be part of “The Yeshiva World” either. That’s why I post – to make people think.
an Israeli Yid