“What is happening is that zealots take the ruling as a license to embarrass the husband and in some cases resulting in the husband fleeing the jurisdiction making it more difficult to collect alimony and child support besides making it harder to get him to give a get. Even if he doesn’t flee he can sue in Civil Court the ex-wife, Bais Din and the people defaming him at least here in the US. This why Bais Din would be stupid to authorize it as they gain nothing by authorizing it but can lose fined so severely that they loose everything they own.”
I have been thinking about what you said that there is nothing to gain. Obviously, if the guy would give in and give his wife a get, there is a lot to gain, which is why people would do this.
So I was assuming that you are assuming that most men in this situation won’t give in anyhow. Which made sense to me.
But, when I thought about it some more, I realized that there is a point. The point is that if people know that this can happen to them if they refuse to give their wife a get, then they will make sure not to put themselves in this situation.
That is why Lenny keeps asking if he will be ostracized if he refuses to give his wife a get. No one wants to be ostracized. So the men who are already refusing to give their wives a get may not give in, but ostracizing them will prevent others from doing so.
It’s like jail. Going to jail doesn’t help the criminals who end up there, but fear of jail prevents crime.
Obviously, one should only do these thing if the Rabbanim say to. I know nothing about the matter, so I have no idea if the Rabbanim ever say to or not, and maybe they never do. But if they do, then obviously it’s a Mitzvah to do so, and you will get Olam Haba if you listen, and you will go to gehinnom if you don’t listen. And you may be saving lives by listening. So you definitely have a lot to gain (if the Rabbanim say to do so).