Yet More Intel: A DCP "Hit Piece" on Dehlin?

[_Runtu]

100-page hit piece?

Sorry, I don't buy it. Dan can certainly go after people with gusto, but 100 pages? That seems a bit far-fetched.

[_Nomomo]

Hmmm. Do you think he'll post the attack on Dehlin to his blog? And if he did, would the Brethren make him get rid of his blog, like they did with Randy Bott?

What was the URL to, or the title of Bott's blog? I would like to do a search of the Wayback Machine's archives to see if there are any caches of it.

[_Kishkumen]

100-page hit piece?

Sorry, I don't buy it. Dan can certainly go after people with gusto, but 100 pages? That seems a bit far-fetched.

As far as I can gather, the piece was very long. What is less certain is Daniel Peterson's role in it.

[_LDS truthseeker]

100-page hit piece?

Sorry, I don't buy it. Dan can certainly go after people with gusto, but 100 pages? That seems a bit far-fetched.

Maybe he wrote in crayon with big, block letters.

[_Runtu]

As far as I can gather, the piece was very long. What is less certain is Daniel Peterson's role in it.

I couldn't hazard a guess. I like Dan personally, though obviously we've had some unpleasant exchanges, not all of which were his fault. To quote H.I. McDunnough, "They say he's a decent man, so maybe his advisors are confused."

[_Doctor Scratch]

100-page hit piece?

Sorry, I don't buy it. Dan can certainly go after people with gusto, but 100 pages? That seems a bit far-fetched.

It's not far-fetched at all, when you think about it. This is a guy who has devoted the better part of the last 30 years of his professional life to trashing other people. When viewed from that angle, 100 pages seems like pretty small potatoes. It really just is a testament to how angry the Mopologists are at John Dehlin--how completely and utterly they hate him--a fact which is surely compounded by the fact that he's so well-connected. Plus, bear in mind the history of the Review epic-length smear pieces are a well-established genre within the FARMS oeuvre. Think of Hamblin's novella-length smear of Mike Quinn, or Greg Smith's mind-numbingly long hosing of Rodney Meldrum, or multiple attacks on Grant Palmer. I don't think it's far-fetched at all.

[_Kishkumen]

It's not far-fetched at all, when you think about it. This is a guy who has devoted the better part of the last 30 years of his professional life to trashing other people. When viewed from that angle, 100 pages seems like pretty small potatoes. It really just is a testament to how angry the Mopologists are at John Dehlin--how completely and utterly they hate him--a fact which is surely compounded by the fact that he's so well-connected. Plus, bear in mind the history of the Review epic-length smear pieces are a well-established genre within the FARMS oeuvre. Think of Hamblin's novella-length smear of Mike Quinn, or Greg Smith's mind-numbingly long hosing of Rodney Meldrum, or multiple attacks on Grant Palmer. I don't think it's far-fetched at all.

Yes, Doctor, it is not at all far-fetched that Daniel Peterson would be eager to publish such a novella length take-down of Brother Dehlin, but he is much less likely to have written one. My guess is that others did the dirty work and his role was to sign off on it so that it would see the light of day. Which would have worked if higher authorities had not intervened. Just a guess.

[_Kevin Graham]

It's not far-fetched at all, when you think about it. This is a guy who has devoted the better part of the last 30 years of his professional life to trashing other people. When viewed from that angle, 100 pages seems like pretty small potatoes. It really just is a testament to how angry the Mopologists are at John Dehlin--how completely and utterly they hate him--a fact which is surely compounded by the fact that he's so well-connected. Plus, bear in mind the history of the Review epic-length smear pieces are a well-established genre within the FARMS oeuvre. Think of Hamblin's novella-length smear of Mike Quinn, or Greg Smith's mind-numbingly long hosing of Rodney Meldrum, or multiple attacks on Grant Palmer. I don't think it's far-fetched at all.

Yes, Doctor, it is not at all far-fetched that Daniel Peterson would be eager to publish such a novella length take-down of Brother Dehlin, but he is much less likely to have written one. My guess is that others did the dirty work and his role was to sign off on it so that it would see the light of day. Which would have worked if higher authorities had not intervened. Just a guess.

Possibly. But keep in mind Dan's 2010 "Editor's Introduction" to the FARMS Review which was well over 14,000 words and 56 printed pages. And that was just an "intro" to the Review.

[_Kishkumen]

Possibly. But keep in mind Dan's 2010 "Editor's Introduction" to the FARMS Review which was well over 14,000 words and 56 printed pages. And that was just an "intro" to the Review.

OK, so maybe I am too skeptical. It has just been my impression that overall Daniel prefers the biting quip to the boatload o' fecal matter. My money is on one of the other recent Olympian defecators to have pulled this. Maybe Ralph "The Doink" Hancock needed a break from his misogynistic rants against Joanna Brooks and decided to make it look like he isn't a sad sack with a tiny phallus who just hates the ladies by assaulting a guy in print.

[_Doctor Scratch]

Possibly. But keep in mind Dan's 2010 "Editor's Introduction" to the FARMS Review which was well over 14,000 words and 56 printed pages. And that was just an "intro" to the Review.

OK, so maybe I am too skeptical. It has just been my impression that overall Daniel prefers the biting quip to the boatload o' fecal matter. My money is on one of the other recent Olympian defecators to have pulled this. Maybe Ralph "The Doink" Hancock needed a break from his misogynistic rants against Joanna Brooks and decided to make it look like he isn't a sad sack with a tiny phallus who just hates the ladies by assaulting a guy in print.

Reverend,

I'm sure that all of us would be in your debt if you were to write up a brief review or analysis of this so-called "Doink."