klugeryid,
“but i would contend that as the posters here are anonymous, it is not the same as casting aspersions on a person or defined group”
The problem with that is that this is a frum Jewish Web site, so “anonymous” defaults to “frum Jews.”
“however i keep falling back on the position that since there is a bening [benign?] way to view his comment, she should have done so at least according to her logic and worldview”
I don’t follow from Syag’s post that she holds one is required to search the galaxy for a limud zechus on every comment made under the sun. She didn’t like Joseph’s assertion that a group of Jews were beyond redemption and would surely sin. Your contention at first seemed to be that Joseph was referring to irredeemable sinners. But that is circular reasoning and makes no sense. Irredeemable sinners are irredeemable sinners. Why does that need to be said? You also said that the CR is not a definable group of Jews. So I wrote what I did above. And I’m not sure at all that it’s ok to cast aspersions on an undefined group of Jews.