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.

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    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.”

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    ✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

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      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

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        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.

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          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.

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            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.

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              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&amp%3Bt=32m32s

              I Imagine you would not be defending someone if they were going around saying they have “no issue with pedos”.

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                I don’t view it any differently to someone saying they have “no issue with America”. America has done unimaginable crimes against humanity, far worse than Hezbollah, but I suspect you give them more leeway; That’s the real hypernormalisation.

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                  Hezbollah have only one reason for existing: terrorism.

                  USA is guilty of its own terrorism but that is not the reason for its existence.

                  That documentary doesn’t give anyone a free pass. If you have not heard of Adam Curtis, you are in for a treat.

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                    Hezbollah’s 1985 manifesto outlined its key objectives, which include expelling Western influence from the region, destroying Israel, pledging allegiance to Iran’s supreme leader, and establishing an Islamic government influenced by Iran’s political ideology. However, the manifesto also emphasized Lebanese self-determination.

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                    In 2009, Hezbollah updated their manifesto to oppose political sectarianism, appeal to non-Islamic movements, and promote a national unity government. The updated manifesto has the same basic approach to foreign policy, emphasizing the hegemonic strategies of the US and Israel’s role in the region as a forward base for colonizing the region.

                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah

                    That’s a cartoon level of motivation, to say that they only exist to terrorise is clearly not the case.

                    Or is Wikipedia promoting terrorism?

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              Thank you for small dose of sanity, even if I don’t agree with your interpretation of Hasans claims