Another Unhinged Professor Has Been Exposed As A Pedophilia Apologist – The Federalist

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Its been less than two months since an associate professor teamed up with a pro-pedophile organization in an attempt to normalize the most repugnant crimes imaginable. Now, yet another unhinged professor has been caught advocating for pedophilia, this time even more brazenly.

Stephen Kershnar is a professor at State University of New York at Fredonia, and a pedophilia apologist.

Heres Kershnar on video saying that an adult male having sex with a 12-year-old girl is not obviously wrong, and that calling it wrong is a mistake. In the same clip, he refers to pedophilic rape as adult-child sex, another euphemism that, just like minor-attracted person, is being used in an attempt to run cover for evil.

It gets worse. Twelve isnt young enough for Kershnar. He continues to defend pedophilia, remarking The notion that its wrong even with a one-year-old is not quite obvious to me. He goes on. I dont think its blanket wrong at any age.

Kershnar even argues that children can consent to sex with adults, comparing it to a child willfully engaging in kickball or participating in bar mitzvah lessons.

What are the legal ramifications of such an unspeakably vile perspective? Kershnar lays it out. Since hes not sure if raping infants is good or bad, the thumb on the scale should go to liberty. Liberty for who? Moral monsters who want to rape infants.

Kershnar is open to the idea that pedophilia is deeply harmful to victims, but he just cant put his finger on why. He thinks it could be because of bigots like you and me, who go berserk when pedophiles rape kids.

He even argues that we often make children do things they dont want to do, like go to church or go to temple or go to their sisters ballet recital. His perspective is backed up by podcast host Thaddeus Russel, who makes an equally monstrous argument when he says all a childs life is, is coercion by adults often to make the child do something for the adults pleasure only.

Its also telling that these dangerous viewpoints have found their way into the mainstream through left-wing outlets. At one point, Russel boasts that he authored an article in The Daily Beast that argued for lowering consent laws.

If SUNY Fredonia would like to right this wrong, it can begin by correcting Kershnars bio, which adopts the language of child groomers by calling pedophilia adult-child sex.

Thus far, SUNY Fredonias response has been swift, although incomplete. In a statement, the university remarked that Kershnars views are reprehensible and do not represent the values of SUNY Fredonia in any way, shape or form also noting that The matter is being reviewed.

Only one moral decision can be made following such a review. Half measures, or any other move to placate those who are correctly outraged at the situation rather than remedy the crisis, are entirely unacceptable and unbecoming of any institution that hopes to maintain a shred of legitimacy.

Although SUNY Fredonia may in fact come to the correct decision, it must be recognized that these sentiments did not come out of nowhere. The institution is responding to a high-profile case thats just now been exposed.

Some of the schools alumni werent the least bit surprised. After all, were talking about a professor who published a book titled Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis all the way back in 2015. That SUNY at Fredonia is only now responding to this moral crisis in response to public outcry is disgraceful and deceptive.

When hearing about such an outrageous situation, it can be easy to believe that it is an isolated experience, that such insane notions couldnt possibly have taken root elsewhere. Unfortunately, this would be a misconception.

As mentioned previously, it hasnt been long since a former professor at Old Dominion University rebranded pedophiles as minor-attracted persons. Even this instance was not unique.

A professor at Yale University by the name of Joe Fischel publicly argued that children should be shown nudity, thereby victimized by acts of indecent exposure, at LGBT pride parades. His article was replete with the same strategies that child groomers use, as I outlined previously.

These handful of pedophilia apologist professors are just the tip of the iceberg, one facet of a wider campaign to normalize pedophilia. The logical results of these sentiments have trickled down into K-12 institutions, with gay pornography being featured in school libraries, while other government-run schools host LGBT clubs for four-year-olds, all while refusing to reveal if parents were required to be present on these clubs Zoom calls.

The crisis isnt relegated to education, either, with similar themes popping up in a number of totally different sectors. A commercial from Twix featured child cross-dressing, just one more example of the elite attempt to groom children.

A YMCAs LGBT center hosts youth-only events, and hosted a man who creates drawings that feature characters from childrens shows having sex. Meanwhile, a broader push to foist transgenderism on children has a dark and storied history of pedophilia, child abuse, and psychological torment.

Make no mistake, there is a broad and deliberate push in nearly all areas of public life to normalize pedophilia. This push must be fought wherever it is found, without reservation.

Lets be abundantly clear: this is not a complicated issue. In fact, there can be no simpler issue. Pedophilia is evil. Thats it. We shouldnt accept the notion that pro-pedophilia sentiments are valid ideas to be contended with in the marketplace of ideas by the use of rhetorical flourish or superior philosophizing.

Illiberalism is no crime when your opponent uses bad-faith arguments to justify moral atrocities that target the most vulnerable among us, victimizing them in ways they cant even comprehend.

These ideas, just like those who use their institutional positions to normalize this horrid evil, must be ostracized, shamed, shunned, stigmatized, and mocked out of any and all forms of socio-political or academic influence. This is not extreme. Its the natural immune system response that any healthy society enacts when confronted with a rising tide of danger and evil.

Here are some simple ways you can reject it:

By using euphemisms, you fight the battle against child groomers on their terms. You must completely reject phrases like minor-attracted person, or adult-child sex, both of which seek to grant sympathy and dignity to these atrocities and those who commit them. Maintain the moral high ground with terms that accurately identify evil.

Tolerance is a vice, not a virtue, when you are asked to tolerate unspeakable moral crimes. Our society has begun to see tolerance as the mark of an enlightened person. Reject this faulty framing, and all the degeneracy and spiritual rot that has followed closely behind it.

If there was ever a time to be uncompromising, to cling to your beliefs with unrelenting zeal, this is it. The only proper response to situations such as this is action backed by righteous anger. Root out attempts to normalize pedophilia anywhere and everywhere you find it. Publicize it. Send examples like this to The Federalist. Demand that institutions that are home to these sentiments condemn it wholeheartedly in speech and in action. Fight, fight, fight.

Kershnar did not respond to a request for comment.

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