I have a different take on these protesters and how they justify their behavior.
They aren’t different from anyone else (like bloggers for example) who believe they are out to save the world and the ends justify the means. They have a yetzer hora to act physically. Bloggers have a yetzer hora to hide behind a computer screen where they are safe. in ESSENCE they both have the same mentality. It is very easy for one group to bash the other.
I’m not justifying anything.But I do understand the yetzer hora that causes people to justify this behavior to themselves.
I don’t think this group would exist if not for Yair Lapid’s effort to draft Lomdey Torah.(They didn’t exist before in this demographic)) And I don’t think they are inherently evil people acting with the malevolence the blog world attributes to them.They are reacting to the threat of imprisonment the government has placed on them.Albeit in the wrong way.
Penina L’Shem Shmoyim Kivanah.