‘There are those who also maintain that Rav Hirsch’s policies were “horaas shaah”, meaning that they were an emergency measure needed for the Jews at that place in that time only,’
You can’t get that from what Rav Hirsch actually published.
“The problem with learning secular subjects is that it is prohibited”
That ‘prohibition’ was NOT accepted as halachah. The number of gedolim with advanced secular education is now rather large. I made an earlier comment that listed a number of them but the moderators deleted it.
“In his days, the non-secular studies Jews did not even learn the German language. “
German Jews had pretty much given up Yiddish by then. Note that all of his Torah writings were in modern German.
“Today, all Yeshiva students speak English, go to HS (99%), and can function in the world perfectly.”
Not true. I personally have met many yeshiva grads who are functionally illiterate in English.
“There is no need for BA’s or PHD’s to accomplish what was necessary to accomplish in Germany in the days of RSRH.”
No, advanced degrees are even more important today than then.
“I’m afraid you need to voice a public machaah against your own distortions on this issue. The fact that you find charliehall, an admitted extreme (well, he wont admit to the extreme but will everything else) left-wing modern orthodox pseudo-academic, as your backup speaks volumes.”
I admit no extremism except in the pursuit of truth. You, however, promote falsehood and distortion. Your claims regarding Rav Hirsch are flatly contradicted by Rav Hirsch’s own writings. You are, to put it simply, a liar.
And I am no pseudo-academic but someone with over six dozen peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. How many do you have?