Dear Ujm,
Your argument amounts to sticking the word Modern into Orthodox where it suits you.
If your whole position is comparing more modern elements to more traditional ones, than you win.
But that has nothing to do with observance, integrity or ideological commitment.
And it doesn’t reflect in the least in the diligence of Torah Study. Or the breadth of Torah Knowledge.
You could also choose some very traditional Jews with no religion.
It’s all about who makes a good traditional cholent.