Asa Requa Maass & Priscilla Maass / Fathering Autism - Family from Florida that exploits their severely autistic child for merch and threatens people who find out about his third child.

[Thumb Butler]

The Jamaica video is horrendous. Is this a Schofield 2.0.?

 

[break these cuffs]

When someone films their baby or cat and they recieve money, this is done without their consent but preserves their dignity. I don't want to defend Fathering Autism, I haven't watched enough of his videos to know if her dignity has been preserved or not.

Ah, so you don't know what you're talking about and your opinion is meaningless. At least you admit it.

 

[Coffee Shits]

There's something uniquely despicable about the branding. What's up YouTube! as his child rocks herself back and forth between perfectly timed jump cuts.

 

[Jack O'Neill]

Holy fucking shit. This is fucking depressing.

 

[Negilum]

Ah, so you don't know what you're talking about and your opinion is meaningless. At least you admit it.

Except I wasn't arguing on his behalf, r.etard, I was arguing whether it's justified to make money off somone with a disability.

 

[break these cuffs]

Except I wasn't arguing on his behalf, r.etard, I was arguing whether it's justified to make money off somone with a disability.

You were saying he isn't exploiting his daughter because he doesn't do shit like humiliate her. You qualified that he isn't exploiting her as long as he preserves her dignity and you have no idea if he does that. He invites his tard gazers to meet and greets with her where she freaks out and vlogs about her shitting herself. I just clued you in on how much he cares about her dignity.

 

[Negilum]

You were saying he isn't exploiting his daughter because he doesn't do shit like humiliate her. You qualified that he isn't exploiting her as long as he preserves her dignity and you have no idea if he does that. He invites his tard gazers to meet and greets with her where she freaks out and vlogs about her shitting herself. I just clued you in on how much he cares about her dignity.

No, I'm saying he is exploiting her and there's nothing fundamentally wrong with that. But you're right, the more I look into him the more I dislike him.

 

[break these cuffs]

No, I'm saying he is exploiting her and there's nothing fundamentally wrong with that. But you're right, the more I look into him the more I dislike him.

You literally just wrote this:

This is why I stated it's "morally gray," her inability to consent is problematic, however so long as her dignity is preserved I can't condemn earning money through her.

Is he preserving her dignity or not? Have you read more than the thread title in an effort to figure that out?

 

[Negilum]

You literally just wrote this:

Is he preserving her dignity or not? Have you read more than the thread title in an effort to figure that out?

I'm not against the idea of what he's doing, I'm against how he's doing it. I wanted to avoid accusing him of horrible things, even if those things were obvious. I was debating if it was ethical to make money off someone who can't consent, not whether this guy in particular is a monster.

 

[Horus]

I think it is a safe bet to say that we all find this guy to be a pretty bad person for how he treats his kids and skipping child support.

What perplexes me though is how he gets so many views and sponsorships. Is this what "normal" people watch? A disabled kid drinking orange juice while her parents talk to her about everyday things.

I suppose I should not be surprised by what I see online anymore, even if it is the blandest content one could imagine.

 

[I Exist]

Oh my fucking God it's this guy, he was the one who filmed his daughter flipping out in a restaurant and disrupting people's meals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9j96H9mH5s

The Jamaica video is horrendous. Is this a Schofield 2.0.?

I wouldn't say Schofield 2.0, I'd say Gwen 2.0.

 

[break these cuffs]

I'm not against the idea of what he's doing, I'm against how he's doing it. I wanted to avoid accusing him of horrible things, even if those things were obvious. I was debating if it was ethical to make money off someone who can't consent, not whether this guy in particular is a monster.

Why do you reference her case specifically if you're talking about it in general?

 

[Negilum]

Why do you reference her case specifically if you're talking about it in general?

the conversation evolved. I think it's run it's course anyway, clogging the thread up with my bullshit should proabably end here though.

 

[Icasaracht]

Because her entire life revolves around her inability to give consent. Can someone as fundamentally disabled as her consent to someone bathing her, feeding her, clothing her, etc. Sure, these are essentials to living, but can she also consent to someone playing with her, taking her to the park, etc.?

When playing with a child or petting an animal, so long as they appear to be enjoying the contact, one assumes that they consent to the contact. Many pedophiles and zoophiles, in turn, believe that sexual contact with children and animals is justified so long as they appear to be enjoying the contact. What seperates these two actions is that one is fundamentally degrading and the other preserves dignity.

When someone films their baby or cat and they recieve money, this is done without their consent but preserves their dignity. I don't want to defend Fathering Autism, I haven't watched enough of his videos to know if her dignity has been preserved or not.

This is why I stated it's "morally gray," her inability to consent is problematic, however so long as her dignity is preserved I can't condemn earning money through her. Even when crossing into morally gray territory, the financial and social burden that caring for a severely disabled person makes earning money through them generally justified (I say generally, because I'm not familiar with this family).

I genuinely appreciate your well thought out responses.

I see your point, and concede that my stance is weaker in having merely intuited that the autistic girl's inability of giving informed consent was accompanied by a deprivation of dignity/violation of her rights. I also acknowledge that you have expressed your sentiment while admitting to not knowing much about the family in question (and the issue of as to whether there is any violation), so it's intellectually honest as well. TL;DR, I lost this argument from the start. The end.

 

[break these cuffs]

the conversation evolved. I think it's run it's course anyway, clogging the thread up with my bullshit should proabably end here though.

Fucking lol. So you were talking out of your ass and then weaseling and shifting goalposts, and even a little concession, in the hopes I would stop calling you out and now it's over because you say it's over? Look, I saw what you were doing and decided to fuck with you. Watching you squirm is hilarious. Autists deserve to be held down and have their screams recorded.

Also, I heard Asa molests Abbie.

 

[The Batter]

I look forward to his letters, hopefully it will be the start of a chain reaction that will get that poor girl away from that family.

Also he seems scummy enough to hide a lot of other things besides an estranged daughter, hopefully molestation isn't one.

 

[Rabbit Bones]

YouTube has suggested his videos to me a few times, and I can never watch them all the way through. They make me obscenely uncomfortable. I'm not really a 'think of the children' type, but there needs to be some way to stop this kind of shit. Children should not be responsible for carrying the brunt of their families existence, re.tarded ones especially. As far as I know, these kids who are the focus of these vlog channels aren't afforded the same kind of protection normal child actors (I don't even know what else to call them) would be. I have absolutely no doubt none of the money she's earning by being forced to do this shit is going into her name, and she has no advocate for her that isn't financially invested in her. And than there's the general unease I feel at broadcasting a kids life and details about where they live and their habits to the internet. As we saw with the Schofields, there are creepy men who seem to have re.tarded child fetishes. Shits nasty.

 

[Fucken Monster]

Where the fuck is his daily vlog? I need my daily dose of tard wrangling education, or else I'll oppress all the autists for shitting all over my deck.

 

[IDKwhatmynameis]

Today is my first time really posting anything so please excuse me. I saw this guy's post last year as a friend of mine tagged me and I immediately thought of the Schofields. I thought it was interesting how fast he caught on to my comment and that he bothered to reply as there was thousands of comments and he hadn't replied to any of them. I'm guessing he has been compared to them before and I think rightfully so. I've added my little screenshot. Why do you people find the need to post this stuff and why do people watch it?

 

[Android raptor]

Unfortunately there's an entire cottage industry of parents with disabled kids exploiting them for money and attention with no regard for their privacy or dignity. We've had other threads about it (Gwen is probably the most infamous). These parents also tend to talk over actual disabled people, who understandibly don't like them at all.

I hope his daughter is removed from his custody, he clearly has no regard d for her beyond using her as a cash cow.