OURTorah:
Had the Zionists not invaded E”Y and not riled up the Arabs, thus causing the British (who the UN tasked with administering Mandatory Palestine) to limit Jewish emigration to Palestine, perhaps many other Jews could have joined those who did make it to Palestine to escape the war. Yet you PRAISE the Zionists for this?
Regarding your various thoughts about me in that post:
Your line about how your grandparents didn’t survive to see people like me exist is clearly out of line and very wrong, too. Regardless, and in case you’re really wondering, if I were talking to any survivors, I would very likely not be discussing any of this.
I don’t know why you feel that “I want to spread angst about” anyone, CH”V. I simply quoted what our gedolim have unequivocally stated is or is not Torah. The Torah is not for sale no matter who feels differently and who they think they can rely on to twist the Torah, CH”V.
Saying that I “pick from every Rabbi the way they slander other Jews” is both wrong and, even if it were true (which it most certainly is not), is still wrong. These Torah greats had zero personal gain, and, in many cases suffered terribly, as a result of their keeping the Torah path clear of various isms and corruptions that came its way. Unfortunately, many have been blinded by Zionism despite those efforts.
Regarding your admonishment that I “start looking at the positives”, nothing that I posted should indicate that I am doing any differently than you demanded. I simply conveyed that MO, according to our Torah sages, is not a valid derech. I took care to clarify that this was not intended to convey any negativity on MO adherents.
As well, you have zero right and zero basis to claim that I don’t “see the beauty in other people”. You have absolutely no idea if that is true or not and you also have absolutely no idea to what extent it is or is not true.
Again, I spoke about a philosophy/theology and its sources, not the people.
Regarding your last statement, that other rabbis can be gedolim even if they have a different hashkafa than I do, this is also wrong. First, I am not expressing my own hashkafa but rather (trying to express) that of the greatest Torah sages of the past few generations. As well, while gedolim can and do certainly have different hashkafos, as you mentioned, they are NOT entitled to do so when that hashkafa is against the Torah, as is the case with MO/RZ.