# College Professors - are you on the watch list? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 12, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059 "2017-07-12T01:52:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/101 "2017-07-17T02:00:24Z")
Ah, Antioch. One of my almae matres. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/102 "2017-07-18T02:10:40Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > These aren’t facts that the professors should embrace, they’re political opinions. What, that Wakefield is a charlatan? That evolution happened? If they are political opinions, then there is no point in having universities. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/103 "2017-07-18T13:56:27Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > “First, we kill all the scientists…” Remember the 80’s television series, “V”. ---
**Author:** ![erez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@erez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erez)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/104 "2017-07-18T20:19:44Z")
I wonder how anyone can think there is no real issue here to address. A list might not be the way but the problem exists. Recent example: this professor [https://klein.temple.edu/news/2017/05/marc-lamont-hill-joining-temple’s-klein-college-media-and-communication](https://klein.temple.edu/news/2017/05/marc-lamont-hill-joining-temple%E2%80%99s-klein-college-media-and-communication) posted this [https://twitter.com/marclamonthill/status/886761611905597440](https://twitter.com/marclamonthill/status/886761611905597440) . Assata Shakur is a convicted murderer [Assata Shakur - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata_Shakur). Question to consider: do you think that a professor who publicly praised the police officers who killed Eric Garner or Philando Castile would still be working? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/105 "2017-07-19T14:57:12Z")
If they were killed forty years ago? Probably. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/106 "2017-07-19T16:31:07Z")
> [@erez](#): > > I wonder how anyone can think there is no real issue here to address. A list might not be the way but the problem exists. > > Recent example: this professor [Latest News | Klein College of Media and Communication | Klein College of Media and Communication](https://klein.temple.edu/news/2017/05/marc-lamont-hill-joining-temple%E2%80%99s-klein-college-media-and-communication) posted this [x.com](https://twitter.com/marclamonthill/status/886761611905597440) . Assata Shakur is a convicted murderer [Assata Shakur - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata_Shakur). Question to consider: do you think that a professor who publicly praised the police officers who killed Eric Garner or Philando Castile would still be working? I have colleagues that certainly have and who still have their jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/107 "2017-07-19T21:27:18Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > “First, we kill all the scientists…” A professor of black history or gender studies is NOT a scientist. In fact most of these wacko professors are not in the hard sciences. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/108 "2017-07-19T22:35:27Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > A professor of black history or gender studies is NOT a scientist. In fact most of these wacko professors are not in the hard sciences. If you go back and read the post he was responding to, he’s explicitly talking about climate scientists. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/109 "2017-07-20T18:29:31Z")
Oh, and incidentally: [BYU professor fired for saying she supports gay rights on her private Facebook page.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mormon-university-teacher-fired_us_596f9412e4b05453c5cd09e5?section=us_queer-voices) But, you know, it’s the _liberals_ who are the real threat to academic freedom. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/110 "2017-11-01T13:48:25Z")
> [@](#): > > I am glad you took my class; you really do need to shut up, listen, and learn. Welcome to America, and welcome to college. [Lefty or righty nutty professor?](http://www.newsrecord.org/news/ccm-professor-under-investigation-for-islamophobic-remarks/article_25dac702-bea7-11e7-ae06-f7c787c10237.html) ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/111 "2017-11-01T16:09:28Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > [Lefty or righty nutty professor?](http://www.newsrecord.org/news/ccm-professor-under-investigation-for-islamophobic-remarks/article_25dac702-bea7-11e7-ae06-f7c787c10237.html) Ugh, that’s disgusting. That guy should be fired. Not because he’s a Trumpist moron but because he personally attacked a student and dragged politics into a non-political discussion. I checked; I am proud to say that my old college advisor is on the list, and not surprised at all that his entry contains two basic, easily checked, factual errors (his academic discipline and the name of the journal he edits). ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059/112 "2017-11-01T17:47:13Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > [Lefty or righty nutty professor?](http://www.newsrecord.org/news/ccm-professor-under-investigation-for-islamophobic-remarks/article_25dac702-bea7-11e7-ae06-f7c787c10237.html) Truth be told, I’m more bemused to learn that an accredited college offers a “What’s Hot in Popular Music” class. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-are-you-on-the-watch-list/791059.md?page=5)