Zdad, Charlie, the silence was not deafening. There were plenty of voices condemning it, and more importantly, nobody was defending it. There was no purpose or cause for a kol koreh or anything else.
Frankly, it wasn’t an issue that was related to the chareidi tzibbur. It was carried out by people who we know don’t listen to the gedolim, and was not sympathized with by anyone who does listen to the gedolim. We’ve been battling these sikrikim forever–they don’t care what we say.