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Is this a “Lammed” as in “Lo Alayinu”, or some other abbreviation? Not sure why “Lo Alayinu” would apply, although “Chas M’Lihazkir” might.
I suspect the real reason why people make snarky remarks about Daas Torah is because they believe that they know at least as much as “some old out of touch guy sitting his little room”. (???).
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Even Daas Yochid won’t admit that anyone has Da’as Torah. Perhaps you, Mod 29, would like to explain what Da’as Torah is, who has it, and why people should listen to proclamations that claim to be “Da’as Torah” instead of their own Rov?
Personally, that is what I see as the main “Da’as Torah” concern, the globalization and subsequent restriction expected of the rest of the Klal because of “Da’as Torah”. If my Rov decides he needs to ask a specific prat to his Rebbe, and his Rebbe needs to ask a Gadol, then the trail moves back and my Rov answers based on his understanding of my personal circumstances (which he knows well), then Kol HaKavod.
I see no reason to listen to grand proclamations made over the phone that anyone who uses the internet should have their children thrown out of schools, or that vaccines are a hoax, whether those handlers claim the person who said it has Da’as Torah or not.
However, if you want to tell me (as Rav Moshe seems to write in his teshuvos) that Da’as Torah (similar to DY) is the ability to answer halachic shailos without personal negius, both from the economic, social and political spheres, I’ll agree to the concept, but you will have a hard time finding anyone today without such negiyos.