“I expected better from someone who claims to be of superior Torah learning”
When did I ever claim this? I’m openly an am haaretz.
“This is again, the illogical argument of guilt of similarity.”
You were the one who made the comparison, not us. In fact, I didn’t even word my response in a degrading way. My point was that you misspoke so atrociously that you did your side more harm than good, and by digging your heels in you’re making it worse. I think your best bet is to just admit that you shouldn’t have brought up Shabbatei Tzvi/false moshiachs. It didn’t help your case by anyone’s standards, presumably even those of other Lubavitchers.
RSo: Many in Chabad seem to think he’s still alive in some capacity (eg. writing “shlita” after his name). I guess that’s another way of getting around the issue. I’m not sure which is worse. From my experience, internally in Chabad “mishichist” refers to the “still alive” camp, and “non mishichist” refers to the resurrection camp. The assertion that there are Lubavitchers who believe the moshiach will be someone other than the Rebbe is purely mythological from my observations.