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Exposing 'crazy radical professors': 12 of the best #trollprofwatchlist tweets

Fictional professors from film, TV and literature have been reported to new watchlist of 'anti-American' academics

Published on
November 22, 2016
Last updated
February 16, 2017

Is a radical left-wing academic working at your university?

If so, a new website is asking for your help in identifying the 鈥渃razy radical professor鈥� on campus. Thanks to , students can now 鈥渆xpose and document鈥� professors who 鈥渄iscriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom鈥�.

Launched on 21 November by Turning Point USA, the site already profiles dozens of US academics who apparently have a 鈥渞ecord of opposing freedom of speech on campus鈥�, but is seeking further tip-offs from worried students.

鈥淭urning Point USA is saying enough is enough. It鈥檚 time we expose these professors,鈥� wrote the group鈥檚 founder Charlie Kirk, according to .

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However, academics have also joined the hunt, submitting their own suggestions for deviant professors worthy of further investigation. Their tongue-in-cheek submissions have been shared on Twitter, using the hashtag .

Among the suspicious leftie professors reported to the site include Indiana Jones (who is 鈥渃learly biased against white fascist group鈥� owing to his killing of Nazis); Third Rock from the Sun鈥檚 Richard Solomon ("illegal alien, probably an international spy and security risk鈥�); and Hogwarts鈥� Professor Snape (who 鈥渒illed Dumbledore鈥�). Here are some of the best.

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An Indiana Jones critic was concerned by 鈥渢he number of Nazis killed by Professor Jones鈥� and how he 鈥渘eglects his teaching to engage in anti-fascist activities鈥�.

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School swot Hermione Granger (of Harry Potter fame) had no qualms about grassing up dodgy Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry professor Gilderoy Lockhart for 鈥渞eleasing pixies in class鈥� and 鈥渢rying to erase my friends鈥� memories鈥�...

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...and Severus Snape, also a Hogwarts lecturer, can expect a call from the Ministry of Magic too.

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Time-travelling professor River Song (think "Doctor Who") caught the eye of one student....

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... while Narnia exile Professor Digory Kirke may be asked to explain the children in his wardrobe.

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Meanwhile, Dr Jekyll鈥檚 students worry about his 鈥渘asty side鈥�, apparently.

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Super sleuth Sherlock Holmes finally exposes his nemesis Moriarty....

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... and X-Men's Professor X鈥檚 鈥渓iberal propaganda鈥� was too much for one Twitter user.

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A James Joyce fan gets involved...

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... and former US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders lookalike, Doc Emmett鈥檚 Brown, may face investigation when he returns from 1885.

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Dead Poets Society teacher John Keating may also get a Professor Watchlist profile...

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...and Professor Watchlist even got "" too.听

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Read next:听11 tweets that show what happens if you publicly dismiss the work of academics

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