“But if you say “I am Dati (using the word Dati by itself) not Chareidi”, then you are saying that you are less Frum.”
“If we are at the point of arguing what the colloquial usage of the term is in Israeli society, I will note the absurdity of the question and bow out.”
As opposed to what? The word only means what society uses it to mean.
I may agree with you about the absurdity of the question. So we may actually agree on something. Which would be nice, because I really hate arguing, and this whole discussion is starting to make me nervous. I think I must be a girl after all.
But what did you think the discussion was about if not the usage of the term in Israeli society? (And btw, what does colloquial mean)?