“so to quote it to prove anything about lubavitch is circular reasoning”
If only you (and some others) would actually read what I’ve been posting, I’m not trying to prove anything. I was countering an argument which used this story.
I’m not going to reread the whole (sub) thread, but I think CS brought up that story to show that Hashem allows tzaddikim to be involved in His decisions.
Without getting into whether the story proves that (or what that even means unless ch”v kefirah), if it’s a story passed down by the earlier Chabad Rebbes whatever message is contained in the story would be a legitimate Chabad shittah going back to before the previous Rebbe or even the Frierdike Rebbe, so I think it’s fair for her to bring the story (although she may have missed the message – as SHY pointed out, tzaddik gozer is not a concept exclusive to Chabad or to chassidus at all).