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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.

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...

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

听听

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

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

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....

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

A James Joyce fan gets involved...

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

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

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

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

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