ItcheSrulik: And there is an equal reason to attack someone who doesn’t learn as much as he can. The issue is that learning in Kollel has become a status and a symbol-from both sides of the fence. If people would stop comparing themselves and their communities and just concentrate on making themselves better then a lot of K’lal Yisroel’s issues would be solved.
I think a lot of these issues started when something drastic needed to be done to stop so many people from becoming Maskilim. Since then, those trying to hold onto Yiddishkeit have become overly defensive to the point where if someone is not doing exactly what I am then they aren’t following authentic Judaism. It’s a huge problem. We have forgotten “Eilu V’eilu Divrei Elokim Chayim”.