Yael.e, I actually place very high value on Talmud Torah. My only concern is that if the frei indeed support the Chareidi learning to a significant degree, it is Chillul HaShem to insist on staying in learning on their money against their will.
About the sinah of am aratzim. There is indeed such a thing as the Gemorah tells us. I,unfortunately, have seen it in real life. Your remark is off, however, when it comes to the posters here. Some of them might place not enough value on Talmud Torah, but it is not more than that. One can’t go and start up with the Goyim, and when they react, start yelling:”Eisav sone le’Ya’akov…”. In a similar vein, a learning person, a Talmud Chochom can’t act inappropriatly and than start yelling “sinas am’aratzim”.
Btw, while on the subject of sinah, what about the way the E.Y. Chareidim treat other Yidden — Sefardim, Ba’alei Teshuvah, Geirim? I guess it is a topic for a different thread.