Oomis, in some cases that’s just being intellectually dishonest.
What you’re really saying is that we should turn our brains off”
Dy, if THAT’S what you are getting from what I wrote, you misunderstood literally everything. I certainly do NOT feel that way; mamesh l’hefech! read what gavrah-at-work posted recently. He states it very well.
We cannot and MUST not ever turn our brains off. What we would do well to do is accept that we alone are not the ones with the correct frum observance, thus qualifying, or better yet, OBLIGATING us to feel sad for everyone else, because we know for a fact that they too, could be so much better (if only they would do what WE do). It is an arrogant assumption. Likewise, let me state FTR that it is equally arrogant for someone who is a little more to the left of that (but still Shomer Mitzvos k’Halacha), to look negatively at other guy who chooses to hold by more machmir standards for whatever reason. Some people like chocolate and some people like vanilla. As long as the ice cream is kosher, it still makes a delicious sundae.