I was thinking that in that story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, Bar Kamtza was upset by the fact that the Talmidei Chachamim present did’t intervene. The reason they didn’t intervene could be that they were afraid of getting on the guy’s wrong side, being that it was a famous fight. It may be that Chazal saw in this story that even the Chachamim got wrapped into politics. Even though it is a minor issue, but if it is in the Chachamim, then it deeply rooted.
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