qwerty> Their religion is a dangerous distortion of Judaism.
I am still not 100% sure that things changed. As I quoted, R Soloveitchik saw the same multi-facted picture: solid original learning (he referred to Alter Rebbe and not anyone after, maybe he would have included the Last Rebbe also?) v. ignorant adherents v. great dedication to helping other Yidden.
Yes, some of the distortions seem to be greater now – but maybe part of that is due to impact of all those Jews who were returned.
And, again, if you look at groups that separate themselves from klka Yisrael and only consider what is important to protects their kehilos and heders – is this better or worse than a distorted view of one’s late rebbe? If it seems better, maybe it is only because we got used to that. But if you look objectively, maybe not.