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00:00Dean Withers is going viral for allegedly crossing a major line on stream,
00:04encouraging his audience to report a father he was debating to Child Protective Services.
00:09Now the backlash is growing and Dean's trying to explain himself.
00:13It all started when a clip of progressive American live streamer Dean Withers surfaced,
00:17showing him in a tense debate with a caller who identified himself as a dedicated parent.
00:22The conversation, which was already a heated exchange over the age of consent,
00:26took a sharp left turn when Dean turned to his chat and dropped this bombshell.
00:30So here's what we're going to do.
00:32I think that you don't deserve to have any custodial rights of your child.
00:37The 20-year-old streamer then shifted his focus to the viewers watching live,
00:41publicly sharing the father's TikTok handle and continued,
00:44It's going to be their handle. If there happens to be anybody in here that's good,
00:48it has like facial recognition software.
00:50But before he could finish the sentence, the father cut him off sharply.
00:53Oh, you can find me. It's fine. Nothing I said was wrong.
00:58And why are you trying to dox people, dude? That's weird.
01:00Because I want to find who you are so I could call CPS and have them take your child away from you.
01:04The video has since been re-shared across multiple platforms,
01:06most notably by TikTok user FatherRoman27,
01:10whose audience is not okay with what they see as an emerging doxing scandal.
01:15One of the most repeated takes, quote,
01:17Dean thinks kids can consent, someone check his laptop.
01:20This isn't the first time Dean Withers has used this parent call-in style format
01:25or made controversial comments during it.
01:28In fact, the resurfaced video shows Dean wearing a tan shirt when speaking with the father.
01:32He is now accused of trying to dox.
01:34While in the streamer's most recent TikTok,
01:37he's now wearing a black shirt,
01:38addressing the current backlash while still speaking to a different set of parents,
01:43once again, steering the conversation into legal territory
01:46and crowdsourcing judgment from his chat.
01:48And around the three and a half minute mark of the video,
01:51after a back and forth discussion of who gets to consent for minors under 18,
01:55And what was your first response to that?
01:58Did the parents give consent?
02:00Did they allow it?
02:02Precisely.
02:02The 20-year-old creator explained the accusations of doxing are false,
02:06as he directed his viewers to take the parents' public information
02:09and privately send it to local CPS authorities.
02:13Even explicitly stating to not post it on the internet.
02:16But continued his statement apologizing for his actions,
02:19as he stated,
02:20I shouldn't have directed my fanbase to do that.
02:23For that I take accountability.
02:24There was around a billion and one ways to better respond to that,
02:28and I dropped the ball.
02:28Withers' comment section shows more support for the young streamer.
02:32One fan wrote,
02:33The right has tried so hard to cancel Dean for months now,
02:36they'll twist anything to make him seem like a bad person.
02:39And another explained,
02:41They're all doing, quote,
02:42clearly kids can't consent,
02:44when the point is that parents shouldn't be able to consent to exploiting their children either.
02:49But while Dean attempts to share his narrative in his latest video,
02:52the real-world consequences for the father at the center of the original stream
02:56are starting to escalate.
02:58The man who goes by GoatMan91096 on TikTok
03:02has now launched a GoFundMe campaign,
03:04stating he's preparing to take legal action.
03:07In the GoFundMe description,
03:09the TikToker,
03:09goes by the name Thomas,
03:11wrote,
03:11I'm not one to ask for help,
03:13I'd much rather just handle this myself.
03:15But as a father,
03:16it's my responsibility to protect my family,
03:19and Dean's actions put my family in danger.
03:22But while Dean's fans are standing by him,
03:24arguing this is another attempt to cancel a rising progressive voice,
03:28the GoFundMe signals the line between debate and doxing has clearly been crossed.
03:33But what's your take?
03:33Share your thoughts below and follow us everywhere at What's Trending.

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