<br><tt><font size=2>>>But in any case, that's NOT the question being
asked. The question being asked is about an action which is halachically
allowed but socially unacceptable. I would think such activities to be
not Maarit Ayin, but Chilul Hashem, because it causes the onlooker to have
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">----'socially acceptable'' by
whom? an example would help. is
he referring to actions like 'poliical correctness' of
general society , so your doing them may be a chillul
hahsem legabei hagoyim? or is he talking about eg
wearing the wrong colored shirt/style of kipa that is muttar lechatchila
but socially unacceptable in certain circles? in which
case it may not be assur at all, but still get one in all types of
social stigma [thrown out of yeshiva, no shidduchim, etc] <br>
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