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 Piker is a very influential person with a big platform. What he says and how he behaves has far bigger effects than when you shit post here.
One thing Piker is not doing is actual thought about any political situation than “anti west is good”. He’s a tankie bro that often camouflages his power level. He is not a progressive. He’s an authoritarian leftist who also likes Islamists who hate everything the left and Hasan stands for because they also attack Israel at times ineffectively. Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis are murderous fanatics and authoritarians on a good day.
The internal government of Gaza was brutal after Hamas took over. Of course Hamas points at the PA to be helping Israel’s occupation. Their own oppression of Palestinians and aggressive policies have lead to the biggest disaster in Palestinian history. They care about one thing only: using violence against Israel. The well-being of Palestinians and giving them a better future is worthless to them if Israel exists as a neighbor. The political division among Palestinians and the political bankruptcy of their leaders is astounding. Palestine won’t be free and there will be justice for Palestinians if they don’t unfuck their politics.
Cheerleading Hamas only leads to more dead Palestinians. It makes people like Hasan feel warm and fuzzy about being revolutionary freedom fighter or something.
Hasan is the modern embodiment of champagne communist. A millionaire in a safe and comfortable place, who wants the noble savage people to die in some kind of symbolic struggle, he will never have to face any consequences from.
Palestinians deserve better supporters. The ones who see their deaths as a noble sacrifice against western imperialism or for the ummah, don’t actually care about improving the lives of Palestinians and building a better future.
Advocating for one unified democratic state is a bit ridiculous when Palestinians are themselves divided deeply and their democracy has been failing for decades now.
It’s wishful thinking not based in reality.
Palestinians deserve freedom, security, prosperity, and so on. It’s my firm belief after observing this clusterfuck for decades now: They will only achieve this if they focus on building their own society, institutions, and so on. Nobody is going to save them. Not Arab armies, UN resolutions, aid money from abroad, international courts.
If Israel doesn’t feel secure, it only enables the worst political narratives there.
Now, Israel has more power over the situation in general have ramped up the bad stuff. Don’t get me wrong. Israel’s population will not go “back to Poland”, if you fight them hard enough.
If life in Israel becomes worse, some will leave for Europe or America. That’s mainly your affluent secular class. Israel is on a trajectory of becoming just another middle Eastern authoritarian brutal regime. That is very bad news for Palestinians.
Netanyahu addresses joint sessions of Congress.
Hasan interviews Yemeni Tiktoker.
I mean it’s a tossup with power and influence.