Modern Rashi on: YWN MAILBAG: When Planning Your Purim Costume, Use A Healthy Dose Of Sensitivity And Seichel
No, I didn't invent the retardedly long title
I always complain how in Chabad, we are stuck with COL. But every once in a while, I will get a reminder that the snags have it so much worse with YWN, where they have apparently decided to publish the whinings of some flamboyant snowflake askan.
We live in galus, and that means there is always a magnifying glass on how Yidden conduct themselves. Our public behavior does not exist in a vacuum. It reflects on our community, on the Torah, and ultimately on Hashem Himself.
The goyim have the New York Times to issue their annual Halloween costume fatwa. Apparently YWN felt that Klal Yisrael was tragically deprived of that stupidity.
As Purim approaches, it is worth thinking carefully about costumes that could, chas v’shalom, create a chilul Hashem.
Chilul Hashem = anything that might upset BlueSky users, apparently.
Some costumes that may once have been viewed as harmless now carry meanings that are widely understood as deeply offensive. Blackface is one clear example. Today, it is broadly recognized as a symbol of racism, and even a safek of causing chilul Hashem is a serious halachic concern.
This purim I was planning on dressing as the Joker, but now I need to modify that to ensure that I upset whoever this anonymous Lakewood-dweller is.
Another type of costume that may appear this year, based on recent events, is ICE or immigration-enforcement uniforms. While these may seem like innocent fun to some and do not pose any direct threat to our community, for many people—including individuals whom many of us interact with regularly—they represent real fear and trauma, having witnessed families torn apart in painful ways.
You mean “trauma” for the people who violated immigration laws and are residing in our country illegally?
This is not about politics.
Yeah? Then show us your voter registration.
It is about recognizing that such costumes carry emotional weight and create an unnecessary risk of chilul Hashem.
The anonymous author of this post attempted to redefine Chilul Hashem from something that violates Torah values to anything that will trigger a lib who already hates our community. On the yom tov we have that celebrates the defeat of a genocidal bureaucrat, you decide to wokescold us to be deferential to the genocidal bureaucrats of our day and age.
Also, thank you for telling me what I should dress up as. If only I had your address so I could drop by to give you some shaloch manos, that would really make my purim.
Purim is a holy Yom Tov, meant for simcha, achdus, and spiritual growth. There are countless ways to celebrate joyfully without risking harm to others or embarrassment to Klal Yisrael.
The only embarrassment to klal yisrael are your nonexistent T-levels. I cannot imagine what possessed him to write this stupidity, nor can I fathom why Yeshiva World News published it. Hopefully “he” will learn to shut his effeminate mouth in the future so that he does not cause further chillul Hashem and total embarrassment to klal yisrael. There is a zero chance that the author would not have bowed his nose to his toes when Haman came around.