“Hafotzas hamaayonos (spreading chassidic teachings) was always a key element in Chabad.”
The story in question involves another chassidishe community. This has nothing to do with “spreading chassidic teachings.” This is about spreading Chabad. The accusation of proselytizing is accurate, but the reaction was obviously unjust. Nonetheless, surely you can understand why people would take issue.
“Why would any Lubavitcher deny this?”
Probably in the course of when they’re pretending to respect other communities and deny the fact that their goal is to make everyone Lubavitch. I do genuinely appreciate the fact that you aren’t trying to conceal it like most seem to do.
I think I’m going to step away from this thread. People seem to say the quiet parts out loud on these forums now (just like the YU threads where MO posters were opening condoning homosexuality). The Chabad side immediately and clearly made their stance, so there’s nothing left to discuss. I assume when qwerty says he can “checkmate” Lubavitchers, he means ask questions that will force them to admit to being meshichists, but they’ve already done that about a thousand posts ago, so he’s late to the game.
Menachem, you seem like a perfectly fine guy. Sincerely sorry if I said anything over the line.