# Professorwatchlist.org shows the names of radical professors on US campuses **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 30, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058 "2018-06-30T17:18:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ned12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f1d935/32.png) [@ned12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ned12)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/1 "2018-06-30T17:18:14Z")
It is a powerful webpage (mentioned on Fox News in late 2016, that’s where I heard of it) that needs more coverage and attention. Check it out. As to the debate. Do you agree or disagree that it offers valuable information? I say it does! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/2 "2018-06-30T17:20:21Z")
Who the fuck taught you what a debate is? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/3 "2018-06-30T17:44:15Z")
Given the [pathetic reasoning](https://www.professorwatchlist.org/2017/03/29/christopher-knap/)behind adding some of these folks to the list, I’d say it will be worse than useless. It will be used as a cite by far right television opinioneers to “discredit” anyone with whom they disagree. And they will bank on the fact that their constituency will never check the bona fides of the site. The site also lacks any discernible criteria for additions. There should be a rigorously vetted list of criteria with a direct and well-marked link. Without that, the site is useless even to those who wish to make use of it. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/4 "2018-06-30T17:45:49Z")
Gotta be ready when the purge order comes. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/5 "2018-06-30T17:58:00Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Gotta be ready when the purge order comes. Until then, there’s always “Second Amendment remedies”. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/6 "2018-06-30T18:03:41Z")
Oooh. Hope I’m on it. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/7 "2018-06-30T18:05:37Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Given the [pathetic reasoning](https://www.professorwatchlist.org/2017/03/29/christopher-knap/)behind adding some of these folks to the list, I’d say it will be worse than useless. It will be used as a cite by far right television opinioneers to “discredit” anyone with whom they disagree. And they will bank on the fact that their constituency will never check the bona fides of the site. > > The site also lacks any discernible criteria for additions. There should be a rigorously vetted list of criteria with a direct and well-marked link. Without that, the site is useless even to those who wish to make use of it. Or this guy [https://www.professorwatchlist.org/2018/01/18/anthony-zenkus/](https://www.professorwatchlist.org/2018/01/18/anthony-zenkus/) who dared to suggest that capitalism has also been the root of war, death, and strife. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/8 "2018-06-30T18:08:25Z")
Wow, such horribly radical professors! Clearly they need to be catalogued as such. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/9 "2018-06-30T19:45:21Z")
How about a [merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830831) before the purge? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/10 "2018-06-30T19:58:29Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Oooh. Hope I’m on it. I’ll bet I am, from that time I taught an algebra class about square roots. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/11 "2018-06-30T19:58:40Z")
Radical professors? I know everybody has their priorities, but who’s got time for radical professors when there’s a lunatic in the Oval Office?? ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/12 "2018-06-30T21:12:46Z")
I agree, it is very useful. It tells us that a fair percentage of right wing supporters esp. in the USA don’t think very much, and have poor critical thinking skills. Granted this is already very well generally known. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professorwatchlist-org-shows-the-names-of-radical-professors-on-us-campuses/817058/13 "2018-06-30T22:09:32Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Who the fuck taught you what a debate is? This sort of thing isn’t appropriate in Great Debates. That said… Ned, I want you to try a bit harder to frame your debates. Choose a side, explain it and explain why you prefer it. This is closed. Please do better next time.