4 Categories of Disagreement with the Orthodox Street
(Believe it or not the great rabbis of the past actually got most of the following right imho)
A) Issues where the settled law simply does not support the popular post-Talmudic position
B) Issues where applying settled ritual law to modern life is unclear and the popular approach is to be stringent
C) Issues where implementing the settled law in modern times systematically results in comprising someone’s well-being or an affront to their dignity, a desecration of the idea of God especially among gentiles, and/or decreased overall observance of the law individually or communally
D) Issues where I think the settled law itself needs to be updated by a national court, of our wisest and most virtuous judicial scholars, that represents the people and can restore halakha to the living, dynamic system it is supposed to be (this category is currently theoretical and aspirational, “I’ve gotta list of demands, written on the palm of my hand”)
And Rambam has been the guide throughout.
May Hashem protect us in his merit, during this fragile and dangerous time.