Even the Communist Manifesto is "worth reading," ftD. That doesn't make its message any less horrendous though. Same goes for Farber, which very plainly is a partisan hack job.
As for being pro-southern, I read some of his opinions and they were clearly pro-Southern.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
The point was, when you quoted that statement, you left that part out, which does make a difference in how the statement is read.
Farber wrote a work for the public, not a scholary one for the professors.
By the way, the two other reviews by the scholars did like the work, so much for your view on the 'scholary community' rejecting his work.