Reply To: Machlokes over Eruv versus Machlokes over sports

It’s far better to passionately care about matters of kedusha and how to best serve Hashem than to passionately care about matters of bittul zman and goyishe zachen.

Even if that passion leads one a bit to the extreme, better to be extreme about Yiddishe matters than passionate about goyishe matters. The former displays care about what Hashem wants (even if he went too far in his passion) whereas the latter displays that one’s heart is in gashmiyus.