sof davar, anochi ofar v’efer, I don’t care if someone mocks me or denigrates me, adarrabah, hearing my cherpah and remaining silent is a tremendous zchus that I seek to embrace.
However, when someone attacks the kovod of Torah or kovod shamayim which includes the kollel learning of thousands of avreichim, we DARE NOT remain silent. We must call out Mi L’Hashem Elay!
My words here are not for my kovod at all, only kovod HaTorah.
BTW – someone who learns in kollel is mamesh a cheftzah of Torah and should be treated like a sefer Torah.
I sometimes hesitate as I step into the washroom – how can a living sefer Torah enter a bais kisseh? It must be so that I can make a Brocha of Asher Yotzar.