I found and just starting reading the article hinted to by PBA. SICKENING. Could not finish it. Malshin. Attention ore.
In the Gemara that I cited above, it says that the biryonim were causing trouble to Rabbi Meir with their bad interpretation of Torah. Rabbi Meir wanted to pray for their demise, but Bruriah told him to pray for their teshuva, which he did and it worked.
This case is different to me. This is blatant attacking for no reason. I see the biryonim as Jews who had too much pride and not enough sechel nor learning. They seemed like good people but terribly misguided. Weiss, OTOH, is not fueled by what’s good for the Jewish people or the Torah, but only what’s good for social activism and his name.