[trevorjohnson32 (OP)]

That would imply that galaxies are progressively more massive the further away from us they are (since redshift is larger for more distant galaxies).

I know you don't believe in the aether, but if the universe keeps a minimum background temp (presumably from the nucleus) anyways looking through great distances at the galaxy's through the medium may cause them to redshift more

[Bored chemist]

Why do you not accept the explanation which fits all the observed facts?

[Kryptid]

I just want to say, bravo to you two N G's

N G's? I don't recognize that term.

it does appear that everything in picture is moving at like top speed in all directions.

I'm not entirely sure I know what you mean by that.

Anyhoo could the redshift blue shift not also be the type of heat that it's emitting? Since stars aren't whizzing past us at near light speed? If the star is hotter and emitting less heat it might show gravitational redshift vs when its burning rapidly and the heat is blue.

No, red shift can be distinguished from something merely being cooler because of the way it affects the spectrum of the object's light. Hydrogen has a particular line spectrum caused by the electron levels in its atoms. Temperature doesn't change this. Red shift and blue shift, on the other hand, do change how the spectrum looks (shifting it to either higher frequencies or lower frequencies, hence the terms red shift and blue shift).

(presumably from the nucleus)

No, the minimum temperature comes from the microwave background radiation present there.