The world is obsessed with him. He even made it to the cover of a major frum publication this week. They will get letters to the editor [as they always do when they put a רשע on the cover] expressing indignation and they know that but it is worth it for them because they are in the business of selling magazines and Mucker sells.
In fact - he is just a stupid, hateful Goy. There are millions like him. He has no extraordinary talents. He is not particularly smart or knowledgable or good looking or articulate or anything else. Just a guy with a big mouth, a low grade, sarcastic sense of humor, biting cynicism and a lot of opinions [I reread that sentence and thought - doesn't that exactly describe you i.e. me??! Gotta work on that!!! כל הפוסל במומו פוסל. Rav Volbe's פנס קסם!]. Like loads of people. So I tell the world - ignore the hateful loser and he will disappear. Literally the only reason he is so famous is because he is famous. He got a job at Fox, became famous and then went solo riding on his earlier fame and expended great effort to become more famous [and of course rich]. He does this by interviewing and pandering to Nazis, Jihadists, mass murderers and the like. This just increases his fame.
We are Yidden. We don't need to pay any attention to him [or many like him - Gentile or Jewish alike] and his stupidities. We can instead focus on the good. Torah, Tfillah and Chesed, Ahava and a life of intellectual and spiritual depth.
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There is a growing phenomenon of Chasidic podcasters. Their podcasts are either fully in Yiddish, fully in English or a mixture of the two.
This [the podcasts - not the langauge] troubles me b/c a] it is hard to believe that their Rebbe's approve and the basic definition of a chossid in the Beshtian sense is fidelity to a Rebbe. So it is sort of renegade Chasidim [or so it would appear - unless they received a heter]. And b] more troubling, that they deal with issues that are provocative and should not be discussed in such a forum [especially one on one man to woman] for reasons of Tzniyus. But they too want to get famous and having podcasts of shiurim on the Meor Einayim or the Torah of R' Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk or a discussion on the Machlokes if Tzimtzum is kipshuto will just not get as many clicks as a discussion about various Tyvos, addictions [an addiction is just an unchecked Tyvah], Arayos and other מרעין בישין.
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The common denominator is that people are after your attention. If they are not selling you a product - you ARE the product. They want your clicks and for you to click the subscribe button and to give them a positive review. This mean$ money and more attention and getting into your algorithms etc. YOU are their product.
Life is short. Every second that goes NEVER COMES BACK. It is gone. Dead. And part of you dies with it.
Please be mindful of this.
