Joseph, I did not mean that at all. I was saying that lefi the shita of the earlier poster, who said chassidim and litvaks are the same, it would make sense to call only Lubavitcher chassidim, and not only NOT Lubavitchers chassidim. Sorry for the confusion. The split in Chassidus is nothing new and goes back to the talmidim of the Maggid. The Baal Hatanya held that it is necessary for every person to study pnimiyus hatorah in order to do his own Avodah to reveal the law and awe in his heart for Hashem which will cause him to perform Mitzvos and learn Torah in the proper way. He was opposed by R’ Avrohom Kalisker, The Lechovitsher, The Stoliner, R’ Baruch Mezhibuzher, among other holy and saintly Jews who had a different derech. On the opposite extreme is the chassidus which comes primarily from students of the Noam Elimelech, who stressed that pnimiyus hatorah was mainly for higher ranking individuals, and rank and file chassidim and others are meant to connect to Hashem through being inspired by the Tzaddik and though his blessings for offspring, life, and sustenance. Despite these differences there are many things which all Chassidim have in common. I suspect the reason that many people think things are not too different between misnagdim and chassidim is due to them not being very familiar with the inner workings of chassidic courts and the chassidic lifestyle. Half of these things that people are making accusations as if they are just things Lubavitchers do, are things that are done in other courts. You all just do not know because other courts are insular and Chabad is open for the whole world to see.
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