More Chareidi Scandal Porn: Child Molester? You get Shishi. DH Believer? No aliyah for you!

In the latest scandalous behavior , VIN reports that the Yeshivah of South Fallsburg (where I once spent a miserable weekend surrounded by morons) gave Kolko an aliyah on Shabbos, despite knowing who he was.

But why are all these frum news outlets and other frum media suddenly reporting all these scandals? It's almost as if they are actually into it. What's the deal?

Here's my theory:

The chareidi world is actually fed up with the chareidi world. They might not admit it outright, but the truth is people are not so happy. They don't feel so good about the whole thing. Bugs, sheitels, Lipa concerts, fraudsters, yeshivah tuition - you name it, people aren't happy. It's got nothing to do with skepticism. It may even be simply a manifestation of the broader societal unhappiness which seems to be everywhere these days, and which is possibly a harbinger of something ominous, like the decline and fall of Western civilization. (Hey, it is Tisha BeAv). And behind all the OJ triumphalism is actually a gnawing insecurity and growing unhappiness. They're looking for change, and they're hoping that these kind of scandals might bring some.

Fanciful projection? Maybe, maybe not.