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Professors worried students will share lectures with 'right wing sites'

Jon Street
Managing Editor
@JonStreet
on Mar 19, 2020 at 12:42 PM EDT

        Professors across the country are expressing concern over courses being moved online as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
        One professor expressed concern that "right wing sites" could expose what is being taught in college courses.

Professors across the country are taking to social media to express their concern over being forced to deliver their course lectures online amid the coronavirus outbreak, sharing with each other tips on how to limit the number of people who are able to see what they're teaching students, and criticizing "right wing sites" and even Campus Reform, specifically.

Texas Christian University Associate Professor of Political Science Emily Farris tweeted Thursday, "if you are recording a lecture on anything controversial, be prepared for right wing sites to ask students to share it." Campus Reform reached out to Farris via Twitter Direct Messaging to allow her the opportunity to further explain her comments or to clarify. She later blocked the author of this article on Twitter.

LaSalle University Assistant Professor of Public Health Christen Rexing replied to Farris' tweet, asking why others could find topics such as "gun safety, women's health, elections, etc." to be "controversial, as they are "evidence-based."

"Seems like the flood gates could open," Rexing commented in response to courses moving online.

University of North Carolina political science graduate student Stephanie Shady also weighed in, saying, "Annnnd I just realized that the second half of my course focuses on public opinion towards and politicization of immigration. This will be interesting." Another user with the Twitter name "Prof CWO" replied "Sigh, I teach about white nationalism and this has been my biggest fear since we began transitioning to online instruction."

Columbia University political science professor Jeffrey Lax said he has been "thinking about" how students would be able to record classes.

Trinity College Associate Professor of Political Science Isaac Kamola who, as Campus Reform previously reported sought to hire a "Campus Reform Early Responder," specifically mentioned Campus Reform in his reply to Farris.

"If Campus Reform harasses you or someone you know, the best response is to 'follow the money.' Campus Reform receives $1.4 million from the Leadership Institute, a Koch-funded organization designed to delegitimize academics they consider too left. They are not a new [sic] source," Kamola tweeted.

A user whose website says they are a history professor at a "community college in North Texas" wrote, "I'm taking steps to limit this but nothing is foolproof."

Farris asked how Gunter was working to ensure her lectures are not made public, to which Gunter responded with one tip for her colleague.

"Instead of posting videos direct to LMS (which would then own them) I'm posting links to the videos on youtube. The videos themselves are 'unlisted' meaning you can't find them in a search or if you go to my page-only if you have the direct link. Doesn't stop link sharing though," Gunter said.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14563

So, here I am, trying to wrap my head around the fact that liberals FEAR the possibility of the public learning what they are teaching. Does that make any sense at all? If I want to shape the world, wouldn't I WANT more people to hear the word, to understand my thoughts and goals, and hopefully to get on board with my agenda?

Instead, we have liberals who FEAR the idea that their thoughts might go viral.

Imagine that. We might suspect that liberal college professors are actually just propaganda indoctrination technicians. Brainwash the kids while they are young, before they develop critical thinking skills, right?

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @08:45AM (13 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @08:45AM (#974064)

    Not Brietbarf, not the WashingMoonies Times, not the sin of OANN, not the Daily Caller (Tuckin' Carl'sJr), or even that non-alt-right guy's website, but Campus Reform. Hmmm, who are they?

    Campus Reform, a project of the Leadership Institute, is America’s leading site for college news.

    OK, who is this "Leadership Institute"?

    The Leadership Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Arlington, Virginia that teaches "political technology."[1]

    The Institute was founded in 1979 by conservative activist Morton Blackwell. Its mission is to "increase the number and effectiveness of conservative activists" and to "identify, train, recruit and place conservatives in politics, government, and media."[2]

    Well, isn't that special! In a "thinking differently (racist)" kind of way.

    Since its 1979 founding, the Leadership Institute has trained more than 161,271 students. Alumni include Grover Norquist, Ralph Reed, Jeff Gannon, Senator Mitch McConnell, Vice-President Mike Pence, James O'Keefe,

    All the best people! If anyone remembers "top Jeff Gannon, or ex-con James O'keefe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_Institute [wikipedia.org]

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by FatPhil on Sunday March 22 2020, @10:03AM (12 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Sunday March 22 2020, @10:03AM (#974084) Homepage
    Why bother with anon, your posting style lays you bare within a mere seven words, Aristarkers.
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    Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday March 22 2020, @03:25PM (11 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday March 22 2020, @03:25PM (#974147) Journal

      Is he wrong though? Don't commit the genetic fallacy..

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      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

      • (Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @03:53PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @03:53PM (#974155)

        committed the genetic fallacy . . .

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @04:15PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @04:15PM (#974160)

        Oh come on.

        Do you not realize the irony in your own comment? The original post from Aristarchus was little more than the genetic fallacy embodied.

        • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @06:25PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @06:25PM (#974179)

          It wasn't from aristarchus, it was FatPhil pretending to be aristarchus posting AC!

          • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 30 2020, @07:27AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 30 2020, @07:27AM (#977131)

            So, PhatFil fallacy, then? I always say, consider the Estonian source.

      • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday March 24 2020, @10:09AM (6 children)

        by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Tuesday March 24 2020, @10:09AM (#974874) Homepage
        I didn't commit any fallacy, your accusation is misplaced. There wasn't even an attempt to address the correctness of his point. To see this, imagine I had appended either of the sentences "You're so right!" or "You're off your rocker!" to my above post. Both would be possible and non-contradictory, and therefore the post as it stands is orthogonal to any judgement of correctness.
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        Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves

        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday March 24 2020, @02:11PM (5 children)

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday March 24 2020, @02:11PM (#974969) Journal

          You did, a veiled genetic fallacy. Your post's subtext is "oh, it's Aristarchus again, fuck's sake. Don't even bother."

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          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

          • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday March 25 2020, @01:09AM

            by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Wednesday March 25 2020, @01:09AM (#975279) Homepage
            No it wasn't. You're projecting.

            I quite enjoy his posts, not least because his distinctive style, but mostly because he choses interesting tagets. Sometimes he overstretches, but nobody's perfect. When he posts A/C, I don't automatically see his posts, as I have A/Cs down at -1, and view at 0.
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            Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves

          • (Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Sunday April 05 2020, @05:01PM (3 children)

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 05 2020, @05:01PM (#979425) Journal

            You did, a veiled genetic fallacy.

            Tone troll away! Your hypocrisy, no doubt veiled, sometimes is a marvel to watch.