Sam2 –
I don’t believe you are correct historically. That is, I don’t think the white clothing thing with the minim had anything to do with an over-abstinence from ostentatiousness, or at least that our objection to it has to do with that fact. But I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree on that one.
Josh31 –
You don’t have to follow their standards if you don’t want to. I don’t think it’s necessary myself. And it could be that you make a valid argument, as in not making the fence higher than the tree. I’m simply showing that they are coming from a source and a svara and not from nothing. We can disagree with them, but their view is not illegitimate.