Reply To: More leitzanus about ovrei aveirah. Mrs. Lopatin style.

Yes, read that entire article, and note that he is defining who is in his camp and who is not. He likes reform and conservative very much, but they are not in his camp. He defines them out of his camp. Said again, he defines them out of his camp.

That is, he defines them out of his camp!!!!!

Wait, you mean the exact same thing he is going all ape and righteously and and Rhodes Scholarly indignant at us for doing?

Yah.

Because he is as intellectually honest as he is orthodox.

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.

The goal is to make fun of them. Because I find it entertaining and because it is a mitzva. And it is hard to beat an entertaining mitzva!

Why would I do it in a respectful way? I don’t respect them. And I’m not trying to convince them of anything–I’m just making fun of them. I don’t think they have enough good faith to be convinced of anything anyway.