We all know about the Tanya’s definition of a tzadik. Stop pretending that the whole world is in darkness and only one small sect knows the truth. How do you know the musagim of the litvishe yeshivos? Have you ever spent 5 minutes in a conversation with a gadol outside of crown heights? It’s offensive not just because it’s false, but because it’s myopic and egotistic.
But I’m glad someone says the quiet part out loud; chabad has a problem with supremacism. Many in that group believe themselves intrinsically better because they are Lubavitch, despite the whole “all jews are equal and why are you better than a frei etc….” Refrain. We see it’s fake from the gazaanim shiduchim world, and we see it’s fake from it’s adherents who are loose lipped and let these nuggets of wisdom fall out.
Satmar thinks that they’re right. They really, really think they’re right and the rest of the world is mostly wrong about zionism. But that didn’t stop the satmar rov from telling chasidim to daven at the kever of the litvishe rav yaakov yosef, or his great appreciation litvishe gedolim as tzadikim and talmidei chachamim. The name rav chaim kanievsky carries enormous weight in satmar, as does the chofetz Chaim, the Gaon, the ketzos, and many other litvishe gedolim. They think that their shitah is the only valid one in zionism, but they do not discount others as being valid gedolim if they may not have felt exactly the same way(but they will not accept as a gadol, someone like rabbi kook, etc…, And in this they are far from alone). Satmar doesn’t think that you need to be satmar to be a tzadik.
There’s a big difference.