The group that the Gra put into excommunication is poison.
The toxicity is in the dosage. When children are constantly inundated with this, the overall effect will be noticeable. They internalize this as the new normal.
So why are they doing this?
Part of the reason is that religious teachers hate you. You, the stupid masses that do whatever you are told, and never question; they despise you in the same way that a rapist hates his victim. Your unguarded mind is too tempting for them to resist (or so they tell themselves) and it’s your fault for making them do it.
Another part of the reason is that it works. Every single one of you is a fallen creature in love with sin. You lust after ugly pornography, you live through antiheroes, and deep down you want to rebel against the reality God made.
So while a Litvak yeshiva showing off how delicious learning Torah is might raise awareness, its impact is going to fall short of a group that subtly implies something subversive, dark, and sinister. Part of you loves things that are twisted; they’re just giving you what they want. It is the same reason the group of the Shatz was so successful. You want sin, and you want to be told it's OK.
