The Detriments of a Strict Leader:
On this topic, the Rebbe of Vilednik zy”a (Sefer She’eris Yisroel, Shaar Hazemanim, Rosh Hashanah) writes: “Some tzadikim have a bechinah of ‘yeshus’, and act like reshaim. This is certainly true of those who cause those who don’t obey them to suffer by cursing them. Regarding them, it is stated (Eichah 1:5): ‘Your persecutors became your leaders.’ ... Regarding mofsim like this, the pasuk states (see Tehillim 105:27): ‘Wonders and miracles in the land of the children of Cham.’”