Playtime: Their admitted goal is to “liberate” the Kosel from its Mechitzah (the leaders, at least). Unfortunately, there are some women who think like you (and just want to wear Tefillin to volunteer an extra Mitzvah, but which isn’t entirely unproblematic) and have been swept in together with these M’sisim Um’dichim (M’sisos Um’dichos?). The act is not inherently evil. The goal is. If they would have their Davening farther down the wall where it wasn’t meant to antagonize, no one would care (well, some people would, but a lot less). But they won’t do that because their goal is to make a public show and to still the Kosel from everyone else who wants it to stay as it was.
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