“joseph: “Muktzeh does not mean an issur to carry, FYI”
Ubiquitin ” True, but caryying is assur too”
DY: “There are a lot of thing that are assur on shabbos, this thread is about Muktzeh not those other things””
There we go. Now I understand. The difference is that a Kiddush Hashem is an actual mitzvah, while looking good to goyim was described by DY as “a good thing that we’re supposed to do.” He was careful to use lashon such that it wouldn’t sound me’akev. Do you think it is an actual mitzvah to look good in front of goyim, or just a practical consideration? Are we all in agreement that a frum woman getting a job in the US government is not truly a “Kiddush Hashem” in the Torahdik sense?