Sechel, I’ve read the Sicha in the original Yiddish. Just sayin’. As a yeshiva bachur I was highly attracted to Chabad. I met some great Lubavitchers, such as R’ Shemtov from Philidalphia. However, when I realized he was in the minority, and that one or two of the Rebbe’s logical leaps were incoherent (which I have no problem with, many people make mistakes, it’s just that no one in Chabad seemed to realize that), and the biggest turnoff – that 70%-99% of Chabadniks were nuts, i left, though I still respect the Rebbe.
My biggest problem with the Sukkah Sicha – is that if one’s Rebbe is pattur from the mitzva, then all of the Chassidim are Patur. So if the Rebbe would be cold, then all chassidim in Hawaii don;t need to sleep?
And what about nowadays, Meisim Patur Min Hamitzvois, so are all Chabad chassidim Pattur Min Hamtzvois, becuase their neshama and their chiyuvim are talui in the Rebbe? (Here’s one place where the meshichistim are better off!)
As to why I refer to chabadtalk: It’s a great place to see Chabadniks be Moseich Lefi Tumoi. The comments are Hershl’s blog and many other Chabad sites do a great job of that as well.
For example, check out the vitriol poured on R Menashe Klein’s Petirah (and he was no anti-lubavicher) from the meshichistim on various chabad news sites because of his famous teshuva. And they’re 75% of the comments.