Any halachic rulings made about hating the rashaim were never meant to be exploited as a heter for speaking unabashed lashon hara about anyone with whom you disagree.
You people really want to cross the Rubicon and say that all who criticize Israel in any way are “first class rashaim?” And something tells me that those of you on the left would have much less trouble with goyishe journalists bashing on Israel to the point of lying than you do with fellow Jews criticizing it with rabbinic sources. If so, do you think that’s fair?
I would like to motion to change the Coffee Room rules so that any thread that’s not originally about Zionism, but descends to an argument about Zionism be closed. All in favor say oy! (Yes I realize that this would include any thread over size 50).