chuck-
it’s funny you refer to me as a “MO “kanoi” who “vilifies and degrades Chareidim” – i probably went to the same “chareidi” (we never had that word back then) yeshivos many of the posters here probably went to. most people would classify my dress as “yeshivish” (for the sake of reference, not because it really matters), and i consider myself a part of the “chareidi” community.
the ideas i discuss come from a yeshivishe’ background (not MO), and CH”V i would never want to degrade our communities, rather to be upfront about what is REALLY going on. there are many of us who are a bit older who realize that many, many things about our communities have changed over the years – many for better, and, unfortunately, many for worse. YWN and the ‘coffee room’, to some degree, allow members of the “yeshiva world” (whatever that means) to discuss these issues.
one of the issues that may have gotten worse over the years might be the deterioration in middos among the yeshiva community, especially with regard to other yiddin. someone sincerely makes a request that we should discuss matters with respect to one another, and he is bombarded with attacks on his honesty, etc., and ‘svoros’ explaining to him why he is wrong. is a call to improve our ‘bein adam lechaveiro’ truly so offensive to you??