The comparison to the Gra is invalid for a multitude of reasons, including (but not limited to) a) the Gra was specifically referring to specific chasidim of his time not all chasidim or future generations for the next 300 years b) the Gra’s successors have made up with Chasidim and have accepted them as full ehrlich bnei Torah for well over 100 years already (and on this basis we can assume the Gra would agree with the metzius of the current situation and c) based on “b”, we can even assume the Gra would agree his initial assessment may have been mistaken. (But even if you disagree with point “c”, the first two points stand.)
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