Stephen Kershnar - Revision history

Thorn at 14:21, 12 February 2025

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	In February 2022, Kershnar, having already explained his position as an ethical argument, contingent upon the material harmlessness of minor-adult sex (which - as a philosopher, he does not take a position on) attracted wide opprobrium on social media after appearing to defend [[minor-adult sex]]. The campaign of naming and shaming by '''[[Wikipedia:Libs of TikTok\|Libs of TikTok]]''' - the same social media outfit that drew attention to [[Allyn Walker]], was aided considerably by selective quoting. This followed a number of, until then, not widely circulated video interviews he gave to various internet personalities.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIG__mlSEms&t=1817s Thaddeus Russell Interview]</ref><ref>[https://anchor.fm/braininavat/episodes/Sexual-Taboos--Stephen-Kershnar-e1dlqgp Brain in a Vat: Sexual Taboos with Stephen Kershnar (now censored from YouTube)]</ref> This controversy led to a surge in woodchipper/boulder/gun type memes on alt-right [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] and did not appear to draw liberals or the mainstream left into the debate. The Kershnar controversy was documented widely throughout the right-wing mainstream and alternative media.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/suny-fredonia-professor-under-review-for-video-of-him-supporting-pedophilia/ NYP]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/suny-professor-under-review-for-reprehensible-video-defending-pedophilia FOX News]</ref> Colleagues, '''Dr. Carrie Fitzgerald and Dr. Laura Geraci''' responded:		In February 2022, Kershnar, having already explained his position as an ethical argument, contingent upon the material harmlessness of minor-adult sex (which - as a philosopher, he does not take a position on) attracted wide opprobrium on social media after appearing to defend [[minor-adult sex]]. The campaign of naming and shaming by '''[[Wikipedia:Libs of TikTok\|Libs of TikTok]]''' - the same social media outfit that drew attention to [[Allyn Walker]], was aided considerably by selective quoting. This followed a number of, until then, not widely circulated video interviews he gave to various internet personalities.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIG__mlSEms&t=1817s Thaddeus Russell Interview]</ref><ref>[https://anchor.fm/braininavat/episodes/Sexual-Taboos--Stephen-Kershnar-e1dlqgp Brain in a Vat: Sexual Taboos with Stephen Kershnar (now censored from YouTube)]</ref> This controversy led to a surge in woodchipper/boulder/gun type memes on alt-right [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] and did not appear to draw liberals or the mainstream left into the debate. The Kershnar controversy was documented widely throughout the right-wing mainstream and alternative media.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/suny-fredonia-professor-under-review-for-video-of-him-supporting-pedophilia/ NYP]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/suny-professor-under-review-for-reprehensible-video-defending-pedophilia FOX News]</ref> Colleagues, '''Dr. Carrie Fitzgerald and Dr. Laura Geraci''' responded:
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	<blockquote>His straightforward and factually erroneous oration on TikTok ''[<small>'''Inline correction:''' his interviews were shared by the interviewers on YouTube, not Tiktok - Newgon</small><ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1586767.htm Correction - Videos originally circulated on YouTube]</ref>]'', a very visible social media platform that targets our primary student demographic, is troublesome, offensive, and dangerous, with the potential to normalize attitudes and behaviors that cause great emotional, psychological, and cognitive damage to survivors of child sexual abuse [...] his public statement invalidates the trauma experienced by survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Sex with children is not just another sexual orientation or preferance. It is abuse, it is illegal, and it has lifelong impacts for survivors.<ref>[https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2022/02/reprehensible-comments-stir-outrage/ ‘Reprehensible’ Comments By Professor Stir Outrage]</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>His straightforward and factually erroneous oration on TikTok ''[<small>'''Inline correction:''' his interviews were shared by the interviewers on YouTube, not Tiktok - Newgon</small><ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1586767.htm Correction - Videos originally circulated on YouTube]</ref>]'', a very visible social media platform that targets our primary student demographic, is troublesome, offensive, and dangerous, with the potential to normalize attitudes and behaviors that cause great emotional, psychological, and cognitive damage to survivors of child sexual abuse [...] his public statement invalidates the trauma experienced by survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Sex with children is not just another sexual orientation or preferance. It is abuse, it is illegal, and it has lifelong impacts for survivors.<ref>[https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2022/02/reprehensible-comments-stir-outrage/ ‘Reprehensible’ Comments By Professor Stir Outrage]</ref></blockquote>

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	In February 2022, Kershnar, having already explained his position as an ethical argument, contingent upon the material harmlessness of minor-adult sex (which - as a philosopher, he does not take a position on) attracted wide opprobrium on social media after appearing to defend [[minor-adult sex]]. The campaign of naming and shaming by '''[[Wikipedia:Libs of TikTok\|Libs of TikTok]]''' - the same social media outfit that drew attention to [[Allyn Walker]], was aided considerably by selective quoting. This followed a number of, until then, not widely circulated video interviews he gave to various internet personalities.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIG__mlSEms&t=1817s Thaddeus Russell Interview]</ref><ref>[https://anchor.fm/braininavat/episodes/Sexual-Taboos--Stephen-Kershnar-e1dlqgp Brain in a Vat: Sexual Taboos with Stephen Kershnar (now censored from YouTube)]</ref> This controversy led to a surge in woodchipper/boulder/gun type memes on alt-right [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] and did not appear to draw liberals or the mainstream left into the debate. The Kershnar controversy was documented widely throughout the right-wing mainstream and alternative media.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/suny-fredonia-professor-under-review-for-video-of-him-supporting-pedophilia/ NYP]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/suny-professor-under-review-for-reprehensible-video-defending-pedophilia FOX News]</ref> Colleagues, '''Dr. Carrie Fitzgerald and Dr. Laura Geraci''' responded:		In February 2022, Kershnar, having already explained his position as an ethical argument, contingent upon the material harmlessness of minor-adult sex (which - as a philosopher, he does not take a position on) attracted wide opprobrium on social media after appearing to defend [[minor-adult sex]]. The campaign of naming and shaming by '''[[Wikipedia:Libs of TikTok\|Libs of TikTok]]''' - the same social media outfit that drew attention to [[Allyn Walker]], was aided considerably by selective quoting. This followed a number of, until then, not widely circulated video interviews he gave to various internet personalities.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIG__mlSEms&t=1817s Thaddeus Russell Interview]</ref><ref>[https://anchor.fm/braininavat/episodes/Sexual-Taboos--Stephen-Kershnar-e1dlqgp Brain in a Vat: Sexual Taboos with Stephen Kershnar (now censored from YouTube)]</ref> This controversy led to a surge in woodchipper/boulder/gun type memes on alt-right [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] and did not appear to draw liberals or the mainstream left into the debate. The Kershnar controversy was documented widely throughout the right-wing mainstream and alternative media.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/suny-fredonia-professor-under-review-for-video-of-him-supporting-pedophilia/ NYP]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/suny-professor-under-review-for-reprehensible-video-defending-pedophilia FOX News]</ref> Colleagues, '''Dr. Carrie Fitzgerald and Dr. Laura Geraci''' responded:

	<blockquote>His straightforward and factually erroneous oration on TikTok ''[<small>'''Inline correction:''' his interviews were shared by the interviewers on YouTube, not Tiktok - Newgon</small><ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1586767.htm Correction - Videos originally circulated on YouTube]</ref>]'', a very visible social media platform that targets our primary student demographic, is troublesome, offensive, and dangerous, with the potential to normalize attitudes and behaviors that cause great emotional, psychological, and cognitive damage to survivors of child sexual abuse [...] his public statement invalidates the trauma experienced by survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Sex with children is not just another sexual orientation or preferance. It is abuse, it is illegal, and it has lifelong impacts for survivors~~<p>—Dr~~. ~~Carrie Fitzgerald and Dr. Laura Geraci, <cite>~~		<blockquote>His straightforward and factually erroneous oration on TikTok ''[<small>'''Inline correction:''' his interviews were shared by the interviewers on YouTube, not Tiktok - Newgon</small><ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1586767.htm Correction - Videos originally circulated on YouTube]</ref>]'', a very visible social media platform that targets our primary student demographic, is troublesome, offensive, and dangerous, with the potential to normalize attitudes and behaviors that cause great emotional, psychological, and cognitive damage to survivors of child sexual abuse [...] his public statement invalidates the trauma experienced by survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Sex with children is not just another sexual orientation or preferance. It is abuse, it is illegal, and it has lifelong impacts for survivors.<ref>[https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2022/02/reprehensible-comments-stir-outrage/ ‘Reprehensible’ Comments By Professor Stir Outrage]</ref></blockquote>
	~~‘Reprehensible’ Comments By Professor Stir Outrage~~<ref>[https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2022/02/reprehensible-comments-stir-outrage/ ‘Reprehensible’ Comments By Professor Stir Outrage]</ref~~></cite></p~~></blockquote>

	Kershnar was suspended from campus "pending investigation".<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calls-grow-for-suny-fredonia-to-fire-professor-after-comments-go-viral/ar-AATrWAM MSN.COM]</ref> He received support from the '''Academic Freedom Alliance''':		Kershnar was suspended from campus "pending investigation".<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calls-grow-for-suny-fredonia-to-fire-professor-after-comments-go-viral/ar-AATrWAM MSN.COM]</ref> He received support from the '''Academic Freedom Alliance''':

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	The Academic Freedom Alliance supports Professor Kerschnar’s right to hold and state his opinions and calls upon the university to live up to its contractual and constitutional requirements to protect Professor Kershnar’s ability to teach and research without interference. We call on the university to issue a public statement clearly reaffirming Professor Kershnar’s academic freedom.~~<p>—Academic Freedom Alliance, <cite>AFA Sends Letter to SUNY Fredonia Regarding Stephen Kershnar~~<ref>[https://academicfreedom.org/afa-sends-letter-to-suny-fredonia-regarding-stephen-kershnar/ AFA Letter of Support]</ref~~></cite></p~~>		The Academic Freedom Alliance supports Professor Kerschnar’s right to hold and state his opinions and calls upon the university to live up to its contractual and constitutional requirements to protect Professor Kershnar’s ability to teach and research without interference. We call on the university to issue a public statement clearly reaffirming Professor Kershnar’s academic freedom.<ref>[https://academicfreedom.org/afa-sends-letter-to-suny-fredonia-regarding-stephen-kershnar/ AFA Letter of Support]</ref>
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	In 2023, after continuing to be barred from campus, Kershnar announced a lawsuit against the University.<ref>[https://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/suny-fredonia-professor-who-appeared-to-condone-pedophilia-wants-back-on-campus/article_a201ef48-0ac0-11ee-8e7d-cb2c7c4164dc.html SUNY Fredonia professor who appeared to condone pedophilia wants back on campus]</ref> His complaint<ref>[https://leiterreports.typepad.com/files/kershnar-v.-kolison-et-al-complaint.pdf Kershnar's complaint, 2023]</ref> contained the following paragraph:		In 2023, after continuing to be barred from campus, Kershnar announced a lawsuit against the University.<ref>[https://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/suny-fredonia-professor-who-appeared-to-condone-pedophilia-wants-back-on-campus/article_a201ef48-0ac0-11ee-8e7d-cb2c7c4164dc.html SUNY Fredonia professor who appeared to condone pedophilia wants back on campus]</ref> His complaint<ref>[https://leiterreports.typepad.com/files/kershnar-v.-kolison-et-al-complaint.pdf Kershnar's complaint, 2023]</ref> contained the following paragraph:

	<blockquote>		<blockquote>SUNY Fredonia has never said what the alleged threats to Professor Kershnar’s safety are (and its daily crime log reflects no reported threats at all), what measures its purported “investigation” entailed, or whether the investigation ever concluded. If it is still ongoing, SUNY Fredonia’s investigation has now outlasted the Warren Commission’s investigation into the assassination of JFK, the U.S. Senate inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic, the Iran hostage crisis, and the federal government’s investigation into the Challenger disaster.</blockquote>
	SUNY Fredonia has never said what the alleged threats to Professor Kershnar’s safety are (and its daily crime log reflects no reported threats at all), what measures its purported “investigation” entailed, or whether the investigation ever concluded. If it is still ongoing, SUNY Fredonia’s investigation has now outlasted the Warren Commission’s investigation into the assassination of JFK, the U.S. Senate inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic, the Iran hostage crisis, and the federal government’s investigation into the Challenger disaster.
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	== Books ==		== Books ==
	The views on adult-child sex he discussed in 2022, which followed by backlash and his barring, Stephen Kershnar had described in his book '''[https://annas-archive.org/search?q=Stephen+Kershnar+pedophilia Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis]''' (2015).		The views on adult-child sex he discussed in 2022, which followed by backlash and his barring, Stephen Kershnar had described in his book '''[https://annas-archive.org/search?q=Stephen+Kershnar+pedophilia Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis]''' (2015).

	:Book review:		:Book review by Thaddeus Metz, University of Johannesburg:
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>Stephen Kershnar's latest book will be relevant to anyone interested in the ethics of interacting with children, the ethics of sex, and, needless to say, the ethics of sex with children. Plausibly maintaining that emotional reactions of disgust and knee-jerk appeals to intuition are not enough to ground normative judgment, Kershnar engages in a comprehensive and thorough philosophical discussion of various facets of adult-child sex. He provides plausible conceptual analyses of key concepts, usefully distinguishes between various kinds of adult-child sex (depending on the nature of the parties, the use of force, the infliction of pain, and so on), and advances thoughtful-albeit controversial-answers to the questions of whether and when adult-child sex is an instance of mental illness, wrong action, or bad character.</blockquote>
	Stephen Kershnar's latest book will be relevant to anyone interested in the ethics of interacting with children, the ethics of sex, and, needless to say, the ethics of sex with children. Plausibly maintaining that emotional reactions of disgust and knee-jerk appeals to intuition are not enough to ground normative judgment, Kershnar engages in a comprehensive and thorough philosophical discussion of various facets of adult-child sex. He provides plausible conceptual analyses of key concepts, usefully distinguishes between various kinds of adult-child sex (depending on the nature of the parties, the use of force, the infliction of pain, and so on), and advances thoughtful-albeit controversial-answers to the questions of whether and when adult-child sex is an instance of mental illness, wrong action, or bad character. ~~<p>—Thaddeus Metz, <cite>University of Johannesburg</cite></p>~~
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	:Publisher's description:		:Publisher's description:
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult child sex and pedophilia. This sex intuitively strikes many people as sick, disgusting, and wrong. The problem is that it is not clear whether these judgments are justified and whether they are aesthetic or moral. By analogy, many people find it disgusting to view images of obese people having sex, but it is hard to see what is morally undesirable about such sex: here the judgment is aesthetic. This book looks at the moral status of such adult-child sex. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious. In addition, it looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses.</blockquote>
	This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult child sex and pedophilia. This sex intuitively strikes many people as sick, disgusting, and wrong. The problem is that it is not clear whether these judgments are justified and whether they are aesthetic or moral. By analogy, many people find it disgusting to view images of obese people having sex, but it is hard to see what is morally undesirable about such sex: here the judgment is aesthetic. This book looks at the moral status of such adult-child sex. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious. In addition, it looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses. ~~<p>—Lexington Books</p>~~
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	The list of his books in publication order:		The list of his books in publication order:

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	This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult child sex and pedophilia. This sex intuitively strikes many people as sick, disgusting, and wrong. The problem is that it is not clear whether these judgments are justified and whether they are aesthetic or moral. By analogy, many people find it disgusting to view images of obese people having sex, but it is hard to see what is morally undesirable about such sex: here the judgment is aesthetic. This book looks at the moral status of such adult-child sex. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious. In addition, it looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses.		This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult child sex and pedophilia. This sex intuitively strikes many people as sick, disgusting, and wrong. The problem is that it is not clear whether these judgments are justified and whether they are aesthetic or moral. By analogy, many people find it disgusting to view images of obese people having sex, but it is hard to see what is morally undesirable about such sex: here the judgment is aesthetic. This book looks at the moral status of such adult-child sex. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious. In addition, it looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses. <p>—Lexington Books</p>
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	''SUNY Fredonia has never said what the alleged threats to Professor Kershnar’s safety are (and its daily crime log reflects no reported threats at all), what measures its purported “investigation” entailed, or whether the investigation ever concluded. If it is still ongoing, SUNY Fredonia’s investigation has now outlasted the Warren Commission’s investigation into the assassination of JFK, the U.S. Senate inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic, the Iran hostage crisis, and the federal government’s investigation into the Challenger disaster.''		SUNY Fredonia has never said what the alleged threats to Professor Kershnar’s safety are (and its daily crime log reflects no reported threats at all), what measures its purported “investigation” entailed, or whether the investigation ever concluded. If it is still ongoing, SUNY Fredonia’s investigation has now outlasted the Warren Commission’s investigation into the assassination of JFK, the U.S. Senate inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic, the Iran hostage crisis, and the federal government’s investigation into the Challenger disaster.
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	Kershnar was suspended from campus "pending investigation".<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calls-grow-for-suny-fredonia-to-fire-professor-after-comments-go-viral/ar-AATrWAM MSN.COM]</ref> He received support from the '''Academic Freedom Alliance''':		Kershnar was suspended from campus "pending investigation".<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calls-grow-for-suny-fredonia-to-fire-professor-after-comments-go-viral/ar-AATrWAM MSN.COM]</ref> He received support from the '''Academic Freedom Alliance''':

	<blockquote>''The Academic Freedom Alliance supports Professor Kerschnar’s right to hold and state his opinions and calls upon the university to live up to its contractual and constitutional requirements to protect Professor Kershnar’s ability to teach and research without interference. We call on the university to issue a public statement clearly reaffirming Professor Kershnar’s academic freedom.''<ref>[https://academicfreedom.org/afa-sends-letter-to-suny-fredonia-regarding-stephen-kershnar/ AFA Letter of Support]</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>
			The Academic Freedom Alliance supports Professor Kerschnar’s right to hold and state his opinions and calls upon the university to live up to its contractual and constitutional requirements to protect Professor Kershnar’s ability to teach and research without interference. We call on the university to issue a public statement clearly reaffirming Professor Kershnar’s academic freedom.<p>—Academic Freedom Alliance, <cite>AFA Sends Letter to SUNY Fredonia Regarding Stephen Kershnar<ref>[https://academicfreedom.org/afa-sends-letter-to-suny-fredonia-regarding-stephen-kershnar/ AFA Letter of Support]</ref></cite></p>
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	Soon after the AFA's letter, FIRE also came out in support of the embattled professor, supporting his freedom of speech<ref>[https://dailynous.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/fire-on-kershnar-2022-2-3.pdf FIRE Letter]</ref> and further, listing signatories including Fredonia Professor Neil Feit, in favor of his right to hold unpopular opinions in-post.<ref>[https://www.thefire.org/faculty-letter-in-support-of-stephen-kershnar-february-4-2022/ FIRE Faculty support letter]</ref> He also found support from the right-leaning National Association of Scholars.<ref>[https://www.thecollegefix.com/free-speech-academic-freedom-groups-defend-socratic-gadfly-who-supported-pedophilia/ College Fix]</ref> The controversy eventually died down after Kershnar's University Senate made similar statements in favor of academic freedom.<ref>[https://fredonialeader.org/news/2022/02/23/three-weeks-later-the-kershnar-situation/ Fredonia Leader: University Senate Statement]</ref>		Soon after the AFA's letter, FIRE also came out in support of the embattled professor, supporting his freedom of speech<ref>[https://dailynous.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/fire-on-kershnar-2022-2-3.pdf FIRE Letter]</ref> and further, listing signatories including Fredonia Professor Neil Feit, in favor of his right to hold unpopular opinions in-post.<ref>[https://www.thefire.org/faculty-letter-in-support-of-stephen-kershnar-february-4-2022/ FIRE Faculty support letter]</ref> He also found support from the right-leaning National Association of Scholars.<ref>[https://www.thecollegefix.com/free-speech-academic-freedom-groups-defend-socratic-gadfly-who-supported-pedophilia/ College Fix]</ref> The controversy eventually died down after Kershnar's University Senate made similar statements in favor of academic freedom.<ref>[https://fredonialeader.org/news/2022/02/23/three-weeks-later-the-kershnar-situation/ Fredonia Leader: University Senate Statement]</ref>

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	In February 2022, Kershnar, having already explained his position as an ethical argument, contingent upon the material harmlessness of minor-adult sex (which - as a philosopher, he does not take a position on) attracted wide opprobrium on social media after appearing to defend [[minor-adult sex]]. The campaign of naming and shaming by '''[[Wikipedia:Libs of TikTok\|Libs of TikTok]]''' - the same social media outfit that drew attention to [[Allyn Walker]], was aided considerably by selective quoting. This followed a number of, until then, not widely circulated video interviews he gave to various internet personalities.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIG__mlSEms&t=1817s Thaddeus Russell Interview]</ref><ref>[https://anchor.fm/braininavat/episodes/Sexual-Taboos--Stephen-Kershnar-e1dlqgp Brain in a Vat: Sexual Taboos with Stephen Kershnar (now censored from YouTube)]</ref> This controversy led to a surge in woodchipper/boulder/gun type memes on alt-right [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] and did not appear to draw liberals or the mainstream left into the debate. The Kershnar controversy was documented widely throughout the right-wing mainstream and alternative media.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/suny-fredonia-professor-under-review-for-video-of-him-supporting-pedophilia/ NYP]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/suny-professor-under-review-for-reprehensible-video-defending-pedophilia FOX News]</ref> Colleagues, '''Dr. Carrie Fitzgerald and Dr. Laura Geraci''' responded:		In February 2022, Kershnar, having already explained his position as an ethical argument, contingent upon the material harmlessness of minor-adult sex (which - as a philosopher, he does not take a position on) attracted wide opprobrium on social media after appearing to defend [[minor-adult sex]]. The campaign of naming and shaming by '''[[Wikipedia:Libs of TikTok\|Libs of TikTok]]''' - the same social media outfit that drew attention to [[Allyn Walker]], was aided considerably by selective quoting. This followed a number of, until then, not widely circulated video interviews he gave to various internet personalities.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIG__mlSEms&t=1817s Thaddeus Russell Interview]</ref><ref>[https://anchor.fm/braininavat/episodes/Sexual-Taboos--Stephen-Kershnar-e1dlqgp Brain in a Vat: Sexual Taboos with Stephen Kershnar (now censored from YouTube)]</ref> This controversy led to a surge in woodchipper/boulder/gun type memes on alt-right [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] and did not appear to draw liberals or the mainstream left into the debate. The Kershnar controversy was documented widely throughout the right-wing mainstream and alternative media.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/suny-fredonia-professor-under-review-for-video-of-him-supporting-pedophilia/ NYP]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/suny-professor-under-review-for-reprehensible-video-defending-pedophilia FOX News]</ref> Colleagues, '''Dr. Carrie Fitzgerald and Dr. Laura Geraci''' responded:

	<blockquote>''His straightforward and factually erroneous oration on TikTok ''[<small>'''Inline correction:''' his interviews were shared by the interviewers on YouTube, not Tiktok - Newgon</small><ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1586767.htm Correction - Videos originally circulated on YouTube]</ref>]'', a very visible social media platform that targets our primary student demographic, is troublesome, offensive, and dangerous, with the potential to normalize attitudes and behaviors that cause great emotional, psychological, and cognitive damage to survivors of child sexual abuse ''[...]'' his public statement invalidates the trauma experienced by survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Sex with children is not just another sexual orientation or preferance. It is abuse, it is illegal, and it has lifelong impacts for survivors''<ref>[https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2022/02/reprehensible-comments-stir-outrage/ ‘Reprehensible’ Comments By Professor Stir Outrage]</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>His straightforward and factually erroneous oration on TikTok ''[<small>'''Inline correction:''' his interviews were shared by the interviewers on YouTube, not Tiktok - Newgon</small><ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1586767.htm Correction - Videos originally circulated on YouTube]</ref>]'', a very visible social media platform that targets our primary student demographic, is troublesome, offensive, and dangerous, with the potential to normalize attitudes and behaviors that cause great emotional, psychological, and cognitive damage to survivors of child sexual abuse [...] his public statement invalidates the trauma experienced by survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Sex with children is not just another sexual orientation or preferance. It is abuse, it is illegal, and it has lifelong impacts for survivors<p>—Dr. Carrie Fitzgerald and Dr. Laura Geraci, <cite>
			‘Reprehensible’ Comments By Professor Stir Outrage<ref>[https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2022/02/reprehensible-comments-stir-outrage/ ‘Reprehensible’ Comments By Professor Stir Outrage]</ref></cite></p></blockquote>

	Kershnar was suspended from campus "pending investigation".<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calls-grow-for-suny-fredonia-to-fire-professor-after-comments-go-viral/ar-AATrWAM MSN.COM]</ref> He received support from the '''Academic Freedom Alliance''':		Kershnar was suspended from campus "pending investigation".<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calls-grow-for-suny-fredonia-to-fire-professor-after-comments-go-viral/ar-AATrWAM MSN.COM]</ref> He received support from the '''Academic Freedom Alliance''':

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	== Books ==		== Books ==
	The views on adult-child sex he discussed in 2022, which followed by backlash and his barring, Stephen Kershnar had described in his book '''[https://annas-archive.org/search?q=Stephen+Kershnar+pedophilia Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis]''' (2015)		The views on adult-child sex he discussed in 2022, which followed by backlash and his barring, Stephen Kershnar had described in his book '''[https://annas-archive.org/search?q=Stephen+Kershnar+pedophilia Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis]''' (2015).

	:Book review:		:Book review:
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	~~::''"~~Stephen Kershnar's latest book will be relevant to anyone interested in the ethics of interacting with children, the ethics of sex, and, needless to say, the ethics of sex with children. Plausibly maintaining that emotional reactions of disgust and knee-jerk appeals to intuition are not enough to ground normative judgment, Kershnar engages in a comprehensive and thorough philosophical discussion of various facets of adult-child sex. He provides plausible conceptual analyses of key concepts, usefully distinguishes between various kinds of adult-child sex (depending on the nature of the parties, the use of force, the infliction of pain, and so on), and advances thoughtful-albeit controversial-answers to the questions of whether and when adult-child sex is an instance of mental illness, wrong action, or bad character.~~"'' -- Thaddeus~~ Metz, University of Johannesburg		Stephen Kershnar's latest book will be relevant to anyone interested in the ethics of interacting with children, the ethics of sex, and, needless to say, the ethics of sex with children. Plausibly maintaining that emotional reactions of disgust and knee-jerk appeals to intuition are not enough to ground normative judgment, Kershnar engages in a comprehensive and thorough philosophical discussion of various facets of adult-child sex. He provides plausible conceptual analyses of key concepts, usefully distinguishes between various kinds of adult-child sex (depending on the nature of the parties, the use of force, the infliction of pain, and so on), and advances thoughtful-albeit controversial-answers to the questions of whether and when adult-child sex is an instance of mental illness, wrong action, or bad character. <p>—Thaddeus Metz, <cite>University of Johannesburg</cite></p>
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	:Publisher's description:		:Publisher's description:
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	~~::''"~~This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult child sex and pedophilia. This sex intuitively strikes many people as sick, disgusting, and wrong. The problem is that it is not clear whether these judgments are justified and whether they are aesthetic or moral. By analogy, many people find it disgusting to view images of obese people having sex, but it is hard to see what is morally undesirable about such sex: here the judgment is aesthetic. This book looks at the moral status of such adult-child sex. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious. In addition, it looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses.~~"''~~		This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult child sex and pedophilia. This sex intuitively strikes many people as sick, disgusting, and wrong. The problem is that it is not clear whether these judgments are justified and whether they are aesthetic or moral. By analogy, many people find it disgusting to view images of obese people having sex, but it is hard to see what is morally undesirable about such sex: here the judgment is aesthetic. This book looks at the moral status of such adult-child sex. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious. In addition, it looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses.
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	[[File:Kershnar.jpg\|thumb\|Stephen Kershnar]]__NOTOC__		[[File:Kershnar.jpg\|thumb\|Stephen Kershnar]]__NOTOC__
	'''Stephen Kershnar''' (PhD in 1991, University of Pennsylvania) is an American philosopher and attorney, who has written many books and delivered lectures making "devils advocate" defenses of widely condemned practices, including minor-adult sex. He is a distinguished teaching professor in the philosophy department at the State University of New York at Fredonia. His research interests include Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy and he is the author of over eighty articles and book chapters and of nine books.<ref>[https://en.everybodywiki.com/Stephen_Kershnar S. Kershnar Everybodywiki.]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220202020343/https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/philosophy/faculty/Stephen-Kershnar Professional bio - Web archive due to likelihood of dismissal]</ref>		'''[[Wikipedia:Stephen Kershnar\|Stephen Kershnar]]''' (PhD in 1991, University of Pennsylvania) is an American philosopher and attorney, who has written many books and delivered lectures making "devils advocate" defenses of widely condemned practices, including minor-adult sex. He is a distinguished teaching professor in the philosophy department at the State University of New York at Fredonia. His research interests include Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy and he is the author of over eighty articles and book chapters and of nine books.<ref>[https://en.everybodywiki.com/Stephen_Kershnar S. Kershnar Everybodywiki.]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220202020343/https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/philosophy/faculty/Stephen-Kershnar Professional bio - Web archive due to likelihood of dismissal]</ref>

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 ''SUNY Fredonia has never said what the alleged threats to Professor Kershnar’s safety are (and its daily crime log reflects no reported threats at all), what measures its purported “investigation” entailed, or whether the investigation ever concluded. If it is still ongoing, SUNY Fredonia’s investigation has now outlasted the Warren Commission’s investigation into the assassination of JFK, the U.S. Senate inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic, the Iran hostage crisis, and the federal government’s investigation into the Challenger disaster.''
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 *[https://anchor.fm/braininavat/episodes/The-Kershnar-Controversy--Brain-in-a-Vat-e1dt1lc Brain in a Vat: Follow up, by the publishers of one of the Kershnar interviews]
 :*Bizarrely, what appears to be the last full version of the original censored video was lost in the attack on [[FreeSpeechTube]] and was at '''freespeechtube.org/v/171b''', should the content of the site be recovered.
 ==References==