What’s being done here is what is done in every argument in the CR. In order to justify an action, the in-justification (made up word) of the REaction is brought to the fore. Don’t mix one with the other (tzimish nisht dee yoitris!). What Daniel did is one thing- and that is the core of the argument here. How the chareidi community reacts to those that violate what they’ve fought for is a whole different parsha.
Example: the livush business. Every MO person will bring the reiyah that wearing a black hat and jacket doesn’t make you frummer or- they’ll bring forth every story they know about a yeshivish guy doing something wrong while in his hat and jacket, resulting in a chillul Hashem yadayadayada. One has nothing to do with the next! Nobody is perfect- we all try our best. What- a person should walk around in jeans because he did an aveirah or even several aveiros?
Ok- I’m beginning to hock ah cheinik
I guess my point is not to interconnect one misdeed with another. One does not justify the other- they are two separate actions.