To YLM
I thoroughly enjoyed your post, and I most definitely endorse it. I’d like to add a corollary. To borrow from Karl Marx, “Loshon Hora is the opiate of Orthodox Jewry.” There are certain subjects which are taboo in the frum world and if someone tries to discuss them immediately, he hears, “That’s Loshon Hora.” The laws of Loshan Hora aren’t meant to stifle free speech, rather it’s to set up boundaries. As to your point about playing the anti-Semitism card, I am very critical of Chabad, and a few years ago someone tried to shoot me down by calling me an anti-Semite.