Certain Israeli (or American) “chareidi” rabbonim want girls to keep their hair short or tied back, good for them. That does not make it halachically required for anyone other than the followers of those rabbonim, if even that. The attitude expressed by certain posters is what turns Jews off the derech. First, you state that minority halachic opinions are absolute requirements, then you denigrate those who chose not to keep those minority opinions. There are plenty of DECENT girls with long, unbraided/pony-tailed hair.
