Reply To: Does “Chasidish” refer to both Satmar and Lubavitch?

woah Geordie – I don’t know why I was surprised to see that post coming from you.
As the question was about whether or not a person refers to a lubavitcher when they say chassidim, I wpuld say absolutely not. I live in an area with a strong lubavitch presence and based on their dress, lack of familiarity with gedolei hador, segregation from Jews and Jewish activities, and seclusion from the general kehilla among other things, it never in a million years would have occurred to me that they were chassidim. Not only that, but I find it shocking that they would consider that offensive. Why do you care what my perception is? Especially when you live on my block with 8 other frum families and don’t let your children play with any of our kids? The whole premise makes no sense. If you are concerned that people you don’t speak to should know more about you there is probably a really simple solution to that!