Removing it at this point would be counterproductive. The problem is not that this is a community that can generate halfway-tongue-in-cheek hero worship from time to time: I've seen that in literally every community I've been part of, from both sides, and it's relatively harmless. The problem is that it's perceived as taking that hero-worship too seriously, and deleting the post over PR concerns would only reinforce that impression.

I liked that post. Okay, maybe not all the "facts" are equally funny, but that's how creativity works.

Also:

If there's an aspect of the whole thing that annoys me, it's that it's hard to get that innocence back, once you even start thinking about whether you're independent of someone. (...) the cached thought had been planted in my mind from reading other people arguing over whether or not (...) was a "cult"