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Avi: “However, convincing others not to supppoert these groups is definitely a toelet”
Do you get the impression that there are a significnat number of sane people out there who need convincing of this. I am very, very skeptical that this is the author’s motive.
“The criteria is that the actions are well-known to be prohibited”
Now you put yourself in a catch-22. If attacking people whose level of tnius is slightly sub-par is “well-known to be assur”, there is no to’eles in printing it. If it is not well-known, then the perp is potentially shogeg and we may not talk about him.
The bottom line is that much of what is reported in (even frum) newspapers and news sites is an Issur of Lashon HaRa