dveykus613: Honestly, I don’t blame the chilonim for it. Unfortunately, there have been many instances of fraud in the chareidi world, where chareidim who didn’t want to serve in the army (and wanted to keep getting a government check) would lie and say they were learning full time. Even worse, they had a Rosh Kollel who was willing to back them up, and support the lie. When the chilonim see on the news that a Rabbi is being arrested for fraud, and that there were hundreds of supposed “learners” who were faking it, how do you expect them to react?
Imagine the difference if everyone was honest about it! I believe that things would be completely different. I place the blame on those who lied and the “Rabbonim” who backed up the lies. They caused a huge chillul Hashem, and this is what it led to.