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

<ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ class="standfirst">Fictional professors from film, TV and literature have been reported to new watchlist of 'anti-American' academics
November 22, 2016

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

If so, a new website is asking for your help in identifying the ¡°crazy radical professor¡± on campus. Thanks to , students can now ¡°expose and document¡± professors who ¡°discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom¡±.

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

¡°Turning Point USA is saying enough is enough. It¡¯s time we expose these professors,¡± wrote the group¡¯s 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 ¡°clearly biased against white fascist group¡± owing to his killing of Nazis); Third Rock from the Sun¡¯s Richard Solomon ("illegal alien, probably an international spy and security risk¡±); and Hogwarts¡¯ Professor Snape (who ¡°killed Dumbledore¡±). Here are some of the best.

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An Indiana Jones critic was concerned by ¡°the number of Nazis killed by Professor Jones¡± and how he ¡°neglects his teaching to engage in anti-fascist activities¡±.

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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 ¡°releasing pixies in class¡± and ¡°trying to erase my friends¡¯ memories¡±...

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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¡¯s students worry about his ¡°nasty side¡±, apparently.

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

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... and X-Men's Professor X¡¯s ¡°liberal propaganda¡± 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¡¯s 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.?

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

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