Well, the argument du jour here seems to be that aveiros cause tragedies. Making up all kinds of garbage, then lying and saying a gadol said it, is an aveirah, no? Besides, you yourself just said...Wouldn't you agree that someone who knowingly lies - on a large scale - about what a gadol said, can safely be accused of not appreciating said gadol? One who truly appreciates a gadol would not dare besmirch him like that!
The passuk is talking about something else, "lo yire becha ervas davar" not about kavod, sheker or gezel etc. We can look at what others are doing wrong and hock about it (Daf Yomi last Fri.) or we can look at ourself in the mirror, make the world a better place. I heard from the Rebbe (of Yaroslav) a few years ago that what our generation should work on is "each person should work on their own things". If a gadol says that smart phones are causing tragedies and calamities, if we use them and know what is wrong with them, we can try to do something or we can deflect the criticism by pointing out corruption and foibles in others.
I don't know what the real intentions of all these people are, but maybe they are l'shem Shamayim, just misguided and have negius from mamon or kavod...
I didn't say none of it is money.
Anybody remember the anti kugel posters?
About Yerushalmi Kugel and Pickles! It was awesome!
Reminds me of something I saw recently:
(is it wrong of me to post a youtube video in such a thread?)
IMHO yes.