Regardless of whether or not the Gedolim are against it, I do agree that it is not a good middah to discuss it and criticize it when it’s not necessary. In general, one should always be “dan l’kaf zchus” and try to see the positive in others, and I am impressed at the way that posters are trying to view the burqa wearers positively (as long as it’s not coming from a disregard for the views of Gedolei Yisrael).
Truthfully, I wasn’t so comfortable writing my above posts since I don’t like to say anything negative about others when it’s not necessary, and who am I to decide if they are doing something problematic?
Even if the Gedolim are against it, it doesn’t mean it is my place to write public posts against it. I did it however for only one reason, and that was to simply as a defense of those who felt that one should not criticize the people from the example in the op because it’s inconsistent with coming out against burqas. So I wanted to point out why the two cases are different, and the fact that it may be okay to come out against one does not mean that it’s okay to come out against the other.
But truthfully we shouldn’t be attacking either one. Even if there is a time and place for it, this is certainly NOT the correct forum for doing so, imho. Thank you to those of you who wrote posts in their defense.