“{There’s no question that all streams are different than Jews were in the past, the difference between each of today’s streams is how they have adapted to today’s reality.
Everyone thinks that they have adapted in the manner that our gedolim from the past (going back to Chazal and even earlier) would have wanted, and therefore “default” Judaism, and the others are movements. “
FALSE
for all their shrill claims and endless number of articles printed and typed,
No Centrist honestly believes that they are the real McCoy
For one , they spend so much of their time with shrill endless number of articles printed and/or typed, pointing out the flaws and faults of Chareidim or yeshivish and preaching how they are the divergence from the past that the proof is in the pudding.
“When you’re weak on Defense, Stay on Offense”
The irony is when they wish to rely on some dubious kula, you’ll/they’ll invariably pull up some chareidi/chassidic group as proof that it could be acceptable.
Furthermore.. if a gadol from an earlier generation would come back today and in the higly unlikely scenario instruct myself that my derech hachaim is somehow mistaken, I would be delighted
The Modox (and most Chassidim for that matter) would be so miserable as to send him back where he came from!