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“(FTR: I have taken to calling YCT rabbis ‘Mrs.’ This is not meant as a slight; rather, I am respecting their desire for equality with women. Since I cannot call females ‘rabbi’, I reach equality by calling them “Mrs.”)”
YCT rabbis are not looking for “equality with women”. They want to expand women’s ritual participation insofar as halacha allows. Not the same thing at all. By the way, if you want to “respect” someone, call him by what he calls himself or asks you to call him, not your own appellation based on what you think his identity is.
As much as I disagree with many of the goals and ideas of YCT, I would not call those affiliated with Chovevei “ovrei aveirah” and I certainly don’t think that leitzanus at their expense is appropriate in any way. Some of your comments were funny, but they were misdirected. What is your goal here? Are you just trying to make a funny joke? Make a joke about something else; you have plenty of material. Are you trying to make a serious critique of Chovevei? Then do it in a serious– and respectful– way.
Incidentally, here is a quote from an article Rabbi Lopatin published a year and a half ago: