Persecution complex of FARMS "scholars" reaches new heights

[_Rollo Tomasi]

This really cracked me up. Bill Hamblin characterizes Bradford's "persecution" of FARMS scholars (i.e., DCP, Hamblin, and their ilk) to the sacrifice of the Light Brigade. Here it is from Hamblin's Facebook page:

The Charge of the FARMS Brigade

Half a page, half a page,
Half a page onward,
All in the valley of Death
wrote the FARMS scholars.
"Forward the FARMS Brigade!
Charge Signature!" he said.
Into the valley of Death
Wrote the FARMS scholars.

“Forward, the FARMS Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not though' the scholars knew
Some one had blunder'd.
Theirs was to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Wrote the FARMS scholars.

Bradford to right of them,
’Postates to left of them,
Leakers in front of them
Bullied and slandered;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they wrote and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of hell
Wrote the FARMS scholars.

Flash'd all their journals bare,
Flash'd all their memos fair
Sabring critics there,
Charging apostates, while
All the world wonder'd.
With an acrostic joke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Sunstoned apostates
Reel'd from the review-stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not,
Not the FARMS scholars.

Bradford to right of them,
’Postates to left of them,
Leakers behind them
Bullied and slandered;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While Dan and Louie fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of FARMS scholars.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild books they made!
All the church wonder'd.
Honor the charge they made!
Honor the FARMS Brigade,
Noble FARMS scholars!

[_Dr. Shades]

Bradford to right of them,
’Postates to left of them,
Leakers in front of them
Bullied and slandered;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,

Wow. So Hamblin regards Dr. Bradford to be morally equivalent to full-on apostates as enemies of FARMS.

[_DrW]

This is a joke, right?

[_Rollo Tomasi]

This is a joke, right?

Hamblin did post it on his Facebook page, but whether it's another "Metcalfe is Butthead" kinda thing, I don't know. He's an odd duck to read.

[_MrStakhanovite]

This is a joke, right?

Yeah. This kind of terrible failure at comedy is what passes for enlightened humor in mopologetic circles. It’s why Droopy never failed to produce stupid lyrical riffs, imitation and thoughtless aping.

[_Kishkumen]

I guess this is his Checkers speech.

He decided to take a page from the Book of Droopy.