Mod-80, while over and over you will hear in drashos that the Torah way is not the politically correct or liberal or what have you way, in fact, the current norms of our society come from the Torah. I.e., the American way now is to be kind to all handicapped people. In the Torah we find that one does not call up a handicapped person to parshas hamumim (the requirements for a kohen) in order not to embarrass the handicapped person. Today, we have all kinds of euphemisms for handicapped people instead of older terms which were hurtful. This came from Jews and others who pressed over and over again for proper sensitivity. Remember that most non-religious Jews are liberal. They got this as a yerusha from their Torah-observing ancestors, even though they don’t realize it.
The common manners and menschlachkeit of day to day American society does stem from the Torah. Those rabbonim who put it down, are putting down the Torah. Clearly the proper thing to do here is to help without even being asked. The entire Torah is only about menschlachkeit.