Wolf, I have to strongly disagree. I think your argument is 100% correct when people say that they saw a bunch of jews littering and went off, or they had one rebbe who humiliated people and they went off. But I think this is very different because this was a place that teens with questions could come for advice and answers. If someone in that mashpia capacity represents and teaches Torah in a certain way, they can do tremendous damage to a healthy teen. the mashpia acting out may not send a healthy teen off, but lectures, answers, schmmozen can certainly send people off. While Joseph likes to pretend someone can spit acid in your face and spread love, the truth of the matter is that our greatest, greatest gedolim NEVER treated people, Torah or halachos that way. Period. And that is because those warm and loving (though harsh when need be) Gedolim were representing Torah, and living Torah, and loving Hashem, and loving his brios. But those who hate, teach hate, and teach that Hashem hates, are perverting Torah true Judaism and turning people away.
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