Vegas is different because goyim live there. The Chofetz Chaim says that one should even try not to tell lashon hara about non-jews but it is muttar, especially l’toeles. There is no Toeles here and 90% of the 5 towns contains Yidden. I am not denying that there is an issue- I am a male from one of the towns where this issue does not exist (Lawrence), nonetheless I still find it disgusting for someone to go on an online site and bash their brothers and sisters in an ehrlich community (by clouding all 5 towns under the same umbrella) and even in the communities where this problem is rampant-it is unacceptable and ASSUR. IF THERE IS NO PURPOSE AND IT DOES NOT FILL ALL 8 REQUIREMENTS FOR L’TOELES- THEN IT SHOULD BE SAID. NO DISCUSSION. PERIOD.
You don’t know how much Torah is learned and lived in the five towns. There are so many talmidei chachamim and people who are moser nefesh who live in the five towns…. Comparing a place full of kedusha and people killing themselves to serve HKBH to Vegas????! Just because you hear bad things about a place doesn’t make it treif. Everyone has their Nisyonos in life and if you saw what goes on inside everyones private lives- you would be shocked.
Just to clarify-I’m not disregarding the problem. It’s just that this is not the way the issue should be handled and no good will come from publicizing the issue in this manner.