Hasan Piker, the biggest progressive political streamer in America, was detained by Customs and Border Protection for hours of questioning upon returning to the U.S. from a trip to France this weekend. Piker posted about the incident on X and later talked about it on stream.
He was detained in Chiago and questioned for two hours about protected journalistic activities like who he’s interviewed and his political beliefs. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel and asked about his history of bans on Twitch. His phone and laptop were not confiscated.
Hasan’s a moron, but detaining him for his opinions is definitely unwarranted and stinks of the same bullshit reasons that this administration has been using to play hide and seek and deport anyone they don’t like.
I don’t know the guy. Why is he a moron?
Leftist. Generally if you don’t agree with someone, a dumb person will say that person is dumb. Take from that what you will
He’s a “moron” for standing up to imperialism. Most of Lemmy just vote, fantasize about leopards, and bootlick.
Never knew you could read my mind. I agree with some of Hasan’s takes but a lot of his other opinions, such as of the DPRK, are very questionable.
“Standing up for imperialism” my ass.
And I like Hasan. I’m subscribed to him and follow his videos because he’s good at commentary and has good opinions. He’s still a moron despite that.
Of course on Lemmy you either want to suck someone’s dick or think they’re a Nazi fascist racist etc etc etc. You can say something negative about someone without disagreeing with everything they do and vice versa. The Nazis made good planes but they were still horrible people!
Oh by the way, this incessant love of anyone who is left wing will cause the political discussion of this community to degrade even more and make the echo chamber even worse. The tip of your speech will devolve into downvoting anyone who doesn’t have the exact same opinions as you whilst preaching for moral superiority. Do not force me into your idiocy and your self-destructive behavior.
He preaches hard left politics. Mostly people want to call him a moron for hot takes, but the majority of what he says is fine.
People who haven’t sat down to watch his stream only know him through an undeserved reputation so they feel like they have to qualify any supportive statements they make to avoid being attacked.
He isn’t. There are many right wing groups purposely spreading hate to discredit him as he is one of the only left wing political streamer criticizing Israel, Russia, Democrats, etc…
Pathetic, and for the record Hasan would interview Hamas, because interviewing someone is not an endorsement of someone if you aren’t a piece of shit fraud like the members of the Trump administration who treat interviews as theater to spread propaganda with no evidence are.
Assuming someone interviewing someone you consider a threat is thus by association a threat of the same kind is a shockingly dangerous precendent to set and basically spells out the extinction of a free press in no uncertain terms.
That may be true but he also does explicitly support hamas.
What’s wrong with supporting Hamas?
Palestinians have a legal right to armed struggle
Palestinian right of armed resistance
UN top court says Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal
Then again if this how many US liberals feel, I am glad I left the US.
Is anyone surprised? This isn’t a jab at Hasan, it’s just a reminder that fascists will crack down on opponents. The likes of Hasan will be deliberately targeted until they’ve been silenced one way or another, and then they’ll come for you.
They are going after white-passing US citizens now?
If they’re known left-wingers, yes.
Hasan is not a very pale-skin name. If his name was Bob, it might be different.
No fan of Hasan, but this shouldn’t be happening to anyone.
He literally supports terrorism on stream - no wonder he got in trouble
He literally supports terrorism on stream - no wonder he got in trouble
Defamatory accusations like this literally need a video source.
Hitchen’s razor: “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”- -
✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.His takes are pretty well known outside of the echo chambers like this one. It’s worth noting that I delivered the proof and it got downvoted to oblivion - people here specifically DO NOT want to hear the truth
Where’s this proof? All I see is you linking to a video of him saying America deserved retaliation from all the peoples it’s fucked over, over the years.
Insensitive and inflammatory sure, but it is not supporting terrorism.
I initially linked to open letter by congressman Torres that talks in detail about what Hasan said live on stream. That letter includes PDF with all the evidence - citations, and clips with all the shit Hasan said.
Thanks.
Okay, so I’ve had a bit of a read. First off there is nothing to directly ‘confirm’ he supports terrorists, at best/worst he ‘has “no issue” with Hezbollah’ and he interviewed someone labeled the ‘Yemeni Pirate’ who went viral on TikTok leading to the aforementioned interview. This figure says they are not part of the Houthi, but they were on a vessel seized by the Houthi, he could simply be a paid mercenary so we can’t confirm or deny if they actually are Houthi.
The Jewish stuff isn’t worth touching. It’s 100% going to be something critical of Israel/Zionism framed as antisemitism or terrorism.
Mocking a Republican congressman and thanking the opposing side of the US invasion of Afghanistan for injuring them isn’t terrorism, it’s just funny af. Fuck Republicans.
I’ve received a fair few reports for your posts tbh in regards to false accusations, but the Yemeni guy thing is a bit iffy, and he may have used his platform to promote a terrorist. So I’m going to leave it all up.
Thank you for small dose of sanity, even if I don’t agree with your interpretation of Hasans claims
Going out of his way to declare “No issue with Hezbollah” is the equivalent of support for terrorism IMO.
They started the whole suicide bombing thing with their killing of American soldiers in Lebanon. This went against Islam, but was given the green light by Ayatollah Khomeni and was weaponised by Assad.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIhM&%3Bt=32m32s
I Imagine you would not be defending someone if they were going around saying they have “no issue with pedos”.
Enjoy arguing with man children level arguments.
Hassan is as much of a leftist as Srump or The Dipshit are right wing.
That is nonsense, cite your sources
Here are my sources, Sam Seder dismantling Ethan Klein while Hasan gives context to all the lazy slander y’all are leveling at him.
“America Deserved 9/11”
-Hassan Piker
Add also a solid bunch of antisemitism to that. Dude, is a god damn lunatic.
Lol your most solid source is a random post from some politician’s web page?
He opposes terrorism. Which is why he opposes Israel. Which is what gets him in trouble.
He may also have said some things in support of terrorism by Hamas, which would be fucked up in my opinion. I don’t know and I have no plans to take this web page seriously about it. He is still allowed to go on the internet and say those things, according to the first amendment, and this attempt to threaten him about it is horrifying whatever his opinions are. What part of “I get to say whatever the fuck I want because those are my opinions” doesn’t make sense here?
Lol your most solid source is a random post from some politician’s web page?
Dude, you have a PDF there with ALL THE RELEVANT CITATIONS AND CLIPS from his streams in second paragraph. This is the primary source. You can’t bring anything better to the table.
He is still allowed to go on the internet and say those things, according to the first amendment, and this attempt to threaten him about it is horrifying whatever his opinions are. What part of “I get to say whatever the fuck I want because those are my opinions” doesn’t make sense here?
Also, you don’t have to watch Hasan Piker for long to see that this characterization of him is totally absurd, I don’t know whether it is more embarassing that people actually believe Hasan Piker is like this or that they are willing to lie so boldfacedly about it.
Hasan doesn’t advocate for violence like this, I am sure he has said some spicey shit but trying to frame his as a terrorist is a dangerous road to walk and these people are doing it gleefully.
What part of “I get to say whatever the fuck I want because those are my opinions” doesn’t make sense here?
Promoting terrorism isn’t protected by free speech laws. Never was, never will be
“America Deserved 9/11”
Let’s phrase this a different way. “America reaped what it sowed,” or “America made its bed and is now lying in it.” This is a pretty solid “yup” from me. We armed, trained, and funded the leaders of the group that carried out the attack, among many other things
No one is arguing whether America or Israel is bad.
No one deserved to be killed or lose their loved ones on 9/11 or any other event. Thinking that civilians deserve to die because a government is bad is terrorist mentality.
When someone says “America,” it seems obvious they’re talking about the country as a whole or its leadership, and not individual people. He very clearly is not saying “Americans deserved to die.”
That is not as obvious as you think it is. I would argue that the first thing most people would think it meant is “americans deserved to die”, not “the Bush administration deserved the scrutiny and criticism it brought”
“America deserved 9/11”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15uuk6hXOmFWT96QzdoCtPZLylOPjHoVa/view
His own words, from his own stream. Your argument is invalid
We literally murdered 100s of thousands prior to 9/11 and then we proceeded to murder millions of innocents after. We still deserve it.
Which part is nonsense? The part where he said the houthis actions were a good thing, the part in the full debate you linked where he quadrupled down on it, or the fact that the houthis are registered as a terrorist organization and have kidnapped and held innocent civilians hostage for a year?
I saw the full unedited Ethan and Hasan debate, and Hasan’s context and excuses just made me disgusted.
You are vaguely referencing a bunch of stuff and simultaneously being angry I am not being specific enough.
Be specific, what are you claiming Hasan has done illegally or wrongly? You claim he “supports” a “terrorist” organization but the onus is on you to prove in exhaustive and specific terms why I should believe you when you say the words “support” and '“terrorist” that you aren’t just moving empty hot air and hate around with your mouth.
I saw the full unedited Ethan and Hasan debate, and Hasan’s context and excuses just made me disgusted.
Nobody is surprised by this, your behavior makes it crystal clear this is the kind of position you would have.
You’re trying to delegitimize what I’m saying by saying I’m emotional and unspecific, and attacking my character. You’re purposefully playing dumb to avoid the actual point I’m making. Then you try to move the goalpost by asking what he’s done that is illegal or wrong, which is not what I’m talking about.
Here are the direct quotes so there is no mistaking it. Both points were reiterated in the video you linked.
“I think what the houthis are doing is a good thing” -Hasan
“We support you” -Hasan when interviewing a houthi terrorist.
Hasan is a terrorist supporter as evident by the above direct quotes.
As for what I found disgusting was when he excused his claims about the rape allegations being false and saying there was no evidence. Also in the video you linked.
Nobody is surprised by this, your behavior makes it crystal clear this is the kind of position you would have.
What is your point with this? Are you shaming me for watching the full debate that was supposed to clear everything up on both sides? Also didn’t you just link an asmongold-style reaction video to that whole debate?
“I think what the houthis are doing is a good thing” -Hasan
That’s pretty vague. If I said I support what America does, that doesn’t necessarily mean I support the worst actions the state has ever taken.
Hasan is a terrorist supporter as evident by the above direct quotes.
Again, just because a group ends up on a terrorist list doesn’t really mean much besides that they’re currently unaligned with US interest. The “terrorist” dogma has really lost its bite since the war on terror began.
If the context was “America kidnapped civilians” and someone said “I think what the Americans are doing is a good thing”, then yes, that would paint a bad picture. And it was vague at first but after Hasan explained himself in the debate, it became clear that he was excusing the kidnappings.
Do you not think what they did was terrorism? Do you want to explain to the hostages that they were just overreacting and that their kidnappers actually aren’t that bad, and it’s just some dogma?
You’re doing the thing.
Hasan explained why he supports the Houthis actions, why are you leaving out that context? Is it because most people might actually sympathize with it as well? Y’all just can’t help yourselves with your outrage, can you? lmfao
No one sympathizes with the houthis.
Also I’m not leaving out any context. There is no universe where anything the houthis did was excusable. Hasan did explain it, and it made him look worse. He tries to justify the kidnapping of innocent civilians (some Asian workers who had nothing to do with it, who were working on a brittish vessel only partially owned by some Jewish person.) and holding them hostage for a year in that debate. “What else were they supposed to do?” How about not terrorism? How about going to Palestine? How about activism, propaganda, anything other than terrorism?
Hopefully the border agents learned something.
Border agents aren’t capable of learning anything but new laws to punish brown people with. Smart people aren’t good strongmen for fascism.
