John C. McAdams

'''John C. McAdams''' {{lived|1945|2021}} was an associate professor of [[Politics|political science]] at Marquette University, Milwaukee, [[fun:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]. He had a generally undistinguished career but is notable for the website The Kennedy Assassination Home Page,<ref>[http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm The Kennedy Assassination], Marquette</ref> which was created in 1995 and still looks like it.

In an internet awash in [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] about the [[John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory|Kennedy assassination]], McAdams' website has become essential by default as one of the few websites for people looking for facts and sanity about the events of 1963. As a result, McAdams has become the [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|Emmanuel Goldstein]] of the JFK conspiracy buffs, who subject him to penetrating and insightful inquiries like wondering if he is a "[[CIA]] [[Shill gambit|disinformation asset]], or just plain [[Irony|Crackpot]]?"<ref>[http://jfkmurdersolved.com/mcadams.htm "Who is John McAdams?"]</ref>

Otherwise, he was a [[Walmart]] shill,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/technology/07blog.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1& Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers in P.R. Campaign]</ref> [[wingnut|ultraconservative]], pro-[[capital punishment]] campaigner (even once testifying as an expert before Congress<ref>[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109shrg29599/pdf/CHRG-109shrg29599.pdf An Examination of the Death Penalty in the United States]</ref>) who ran a blog devoted to criticizing [[liberal]]s and "[[political correctness]]" (which seems to just refer to stuff he didn't like), focused on Marquette University.<ref>[http://mu-warrior.blogspot.com/ Marquette Warrior]</ref> In 2014 McAdams was suspended after he criticized another professor for allegedly prohibiting criticism of [[homosexuality]] in her classes.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/12/17/marquette-suspends-profs-teaching-orders-him-off-campus/ Marquette suspends prof’s teaching, orders him off campus]</ref> The university maintained this was actually because he had published the names of both the professor and a student, violating privacy rules, saying it was his third violation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fox6now.com/2015/02/04/in-letter-to-tenured-professor-john-mcadams-marquette-officials-say-theyve-begun-the-process-of-firing-him/|title=In letter to tenured professor John McAdams, Marquette officials say they’ve begun the process of firing him|author=Katie Delong|date=February 4, 2015|publisher=FOX6Now.com}}</ref> His full reinstatement required McAdams to write a letter of apology, which he refused.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://marquettewire.org/3946547/news/mcadams-suspended-through-fall-2016-semester/ | title=McAdams suspended through fall 2016 semester | work=Marquette Wire | date=24 March 2016 | author=Dawson, Andrew}}</ref> After a lawsuit, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled for McAdams and ordered him reinstated.<ref>[https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=215236 McAdams v. Marquette University, Wisconsin Supreme Court No. 2017AP001240] (July 6, 2018)</ref> McAdams died on April 15, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shastri|first=Devi|title=John McAdams, political science professor who took Marquette to the state Supreme Court, dies|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2021/04/15/marquette-political-science-professor-john-mcadams-dies/7246026002/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|language=en-US}}</ref>

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