• ThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.world
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    Who gives a shit what some twitch streamer said?

    Don’t get me wrong, I can’t stand Hasan just like I can’t stand Asmon. But are we suddenly gonna pretend Hasan is a problem when we have a whole network of right wing Nazi propagandists promoting hate?

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      He’s currently the only popular quasi left wing political commentator in the united states. Period. Like there’s a few others that average a thousand viewers, but realistically they have no power or influence; whereas Hasan has actually helped elect people and has fundraised more than most other independent campaigns.

      Yeah, he could be more left wing, and yeah being just a step on the left wing pipe line is annoying, but he has more influence among under 35’s than any and all cable and network news hosts.

      Given the boomers are gone (for the most part) by the end of the decade this is the demographic people need to court if they want any hope of being elected.

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    Piker has never made antisemitic comments and “pro-terrorist” is westernized in its definition and therefore useless. For all the hate Hasan gets (i’m not a fan either) we need him as a leftist anchor for the kiddos. There’s an overabundance of far-right figureheads online.

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      Yeah… Here is what the article lists as being issues:

      In 2019, Piker said on his livestream that “America deserved 9/11,” though he later apologized for the remark. In the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Piker strongly condemned the Israeli response in Gaza and has disparaged the government in terms some Jews and supporters of Israel have labeled antisemitic.

      So he rightfully called out the US for fucking around for decades in the middle east, and finally finding out. The US absolutely deserved 9/11 after over 50 years of actively arming violent middle eastern groups because it was convenient for their proxy wars, including the Taliban. It’s convenient when your country is far enough away and isolated geographical in comparison so you never deal with any consequence.

      The 9/11 attacks didn’t come out of nowhere, and there was plenty of intelligence saying not only that Bin Laden was planning another attack (remember the WTC was already bombed by him previously in 1993), but also that the attack could involve planes. We had all the info and didn’t do shit about it. The “Bush did it” conspiracy theorists have a lot to work with on this one. There is a lot more evidence than usual to support that conclusion.

      And calling a spade a spade for the Zionist genocide is just fucking factual. Only the Zionists and their puppets want to conflate their extremist views with general anti-semitism. Something the Israeli lobbying groups have been pushing hard since the start of all this shit, and are spending millions to politicians to ensure they repeat.

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        we 1000% were asking for 9/11 and knew it was going to happen at some point eventually, just not the details… and wow waddya know it did! it’s not that Bush did it, they didn’t prevent it, and imo just fucking allowed it.

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          Where is the line between simple incompetence and assisting via inaction? Knowing and not doing anything to stop it fits both equally.

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    But politico doesn’t tell us what these supposed offending comments are and provides no link to them.

    I suspect because those comments aren’t that bad and axel springer, the nazis that own politico, are naziing it up for Israel, as usual.

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      Oh, they did. It’s just buried in the middle so you miss it skimming.

      In 2019, Piker said on his livestream that “America deserved 9/11,” though he later apologized for the remark. In the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Piker strongly condemned the Israeli response in Gaza and has disparaged the government in terms some Jews and supporters of Israel have labeled antisemitic.

      Both are factually accurate. Just not what the various US propaganda teams (aka millionaire donors/billionaire owners) want said.

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        Yeah I read it, ‘has disparaged the government in terms some Jews and supporters of Israel have labeled antisemitic.’ Is what I refer to.

        If they don’t bring what was said, you can safely presume they’re full of shit and in bad faith.