Shlucha – I’m happy to see you admit that the ultimate madreiga is for everyone to be United under the Rebbe and following his horaos. This was a major point that I felt was being minimized.
And since we’re telling stories, let me add another one (kayodua from the Rebbe that lav davka motzoei Shabbos, lav Davka the Baal Shem Tov, and lav davka ashirus….): after Yud Tes Kislev, the Alter Rebbe issued a horoah to his chassidim that has milehazkir (as printed in Tanya), that they should not in any way Express to the misnagdim the fact that didon notzach. Some chassidim came to the Alter Rebbe and told him that Reb Shmuel Munkes was countermanding this directive and cheppering the misnagdim about the miraculous yeshuoh that foiled their evil 0lans. The Alter Rebbe called Reb Shmuel in and asked him why he was not obeying, and Reb Shmuel answered “if they would have done to your Rebbe what they did to mine, you would do like me!” Kal vachomer in thes cases where there was no horoah from the Rebbe that has milehazkir….