I do not want people slamming on Nik, PERIOD.
If he is a Rabbi - if he isn't... who are you to say? If you cannot prove the words you say in any way, then to quote opinion as fact is gossip and it is completely forbidden by G-d in the Torah for us to do such a thing. This is lashon hora.
He's a Jew who loves Israel, loves the Jewish people, loves the Torah, and obviously has his own opinions. We are commanded not to slander another Jew such as this so it stops now. And G-d help you if he really is a Rabbi because you will have to answer to Hashem. Nik never meant to harm a soul and only did this because he believes this stuff is true and cares. Yes, he broke the rules. Yes, his stuff sounded crazy to me... but it's just not right to use him as a punching bag so that yet another person can be cursed at like a bad jerry springer episode. I mean, what is this? Is this necessary? Actually... it's just cruel... and you know how I feel about people who are cruel.
I was not aware that Nik was banned until just this afternoon. I know the person who banned him would only do so under tough circumstances. Nik is not our enemy. He broke the rules (which is his fault) but it is very unfortunate that he was banned. I disagreed with him but I still think he is a good Jew.
No more.
-Shlomo