Actual Misnagdim, like the Gaon, etc.. Had no problem with rebbes preparing for davening. Their issue was with the zmanim, but that’s not relevant to this discussion.
My issue wasn’t with preparing for davening; my issue is that i don’t believe the shu”a harav’s heter would allow someone to eat in order to do something that’s additional. די לך בחידושו.
Neo chabad again paints a narrative that if you’re against any of their 20th century ideas, like putting tefilin on people who don’t know aleph bais in the street with pritzus, or teaching them “kabalah”, or worse, believing that a rebbe is god in a body…. Then you’re just a misnaged!
I’m not a misnaged. I learn chasidus, but i don’t make a new religion out of it. Do you ever wonder why other groups of chasidim don’t either? Why do you think millions of chasidishe communities learn only small amounts of chasidus, when they’re older?
And why are their tznius standards so much better? Give a look outside your 4 Amos. It’s a big world out there.