Menachem > Ever heard of Twitter? Lol
I don’t understand this attitude. It is assimilation, and I don’t care how much fur is on your hat. How can one dare to deviate from the integrity of our tradition? Just because the world is talking like that? Do you know what was popular during Mishna times? read some of the popular greek literature at the time – some of it will not be allowed on internet ourdays… Did Tannaim use their style?
The most frequent offense against Jewish discussion seems to be the “Free speech” allowance for using any arguments you can to convince the other side. In that theory, free speech enables all information to come to the table and leads to better decisions overall. There is certainly value to that where it belongs – politics, science, but our tradition is pretty clear about it: Beis Hillel eventually won the argument because they were quoting both sides and quoting Beis Shammai’s opinion first. Anyone who comes to quote “all rabbis say X” and quoting only some of them is in obvious violation.