The scandal exposed by The Libs of Tik Tok
Legacy media outlets were quick to condone the exposure of the woman behind “Libs of Tik Tok.” What they didn’t mention was exactly what the educators, who got fired after the account posted their videos, were saying to children in their classrooms.
The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz revealed the identity of the individual behind the “Libs of Tik Tok” account in an article published Tuesday. The article accuses “Libs of Tik Tok” of spreading “anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment” by causing teachers to lose their jobs over their own social media posts, although the article omits mention of the exact quotes that got the teachers fired. Media outlets, like Rolling Stone and The Advocate, expressed support for revealing the identity behind “Libs of Tik Tok,” but similarly do not mention the quotes in question.
The reality these media companies chose to hide was that the educators were dismissed, reassigned or forced to resign for everything from blaming kids for getting molested to suggesting people who didn’t get the vaccine should be slaughtered.
“Libs of Tik Tok” highlighted philosophy professor Dr. Stephen Kershnar of the State University of New York (SUNY), who was assigned new duties after the account shared a video of him stating that it was “not obvious” that sexual attraction to children was a bad thing.
“Imagine that an adult male wants to have sex with a 12-year-old girl, imagine that she is a willing participant,” Kershnar said in videos obtained by “Libs of Tik Tok.” “A very standard, very widely held view that there’s something deeply wrong about this and it’s wrong independent of it being criminalized. It’s not obvious to me that it is in fact wrong.”
Kershnar is the author of the 2015 book “Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis.” The book claims to look “at the moral status of such adult-child sex.”
In a statement, SUNY President Stephen H. Kolison, Jr. said he found the content of Kershnar’s video “abhorrent.” Kolison also said Kershnar would be assigned new duties that would not allow him on campus nor to interact with students.
Old Dominion University’s (ODU) Dr. Allyn Walker was placed on administrative leave for defending “Minor-Attracted People (MAPs).” Walker argued in an interview that the stigma surrounding MAPs is an issue. Walker instead put forth the idea that MAPs should undergo “affirming therapy” in order to develop “strategies for non-offending.”
ODU released a statement saying that Walker’s book and research led to student safety concerns and had “disrupted the campus and community environment.” As a result, Walker was placed on administrative leave in November, 2021.
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It appears that there are some limits to the pandering for deviancy with children. That is an encouraging sign. The woman who exposed this should be seen as a hero and not the subject of doxxing by the Washington Post.
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