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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[–] protist@mander.xyz 73 points 1 month ago (8 children)

"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

[+] parpol@programming.dev -32 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 32 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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."

[+] parpol@programming.dev -35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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"

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tell me what trial did bush or subsequent war criminal administration faced to make it an argument that people don't support their actions?

One even got a nobel peace prize, despite war crimes. Got no pushback from the populace.

If you harbor criminals with open records (who knows how many closed records), be ready for some retaliation?

Isnt this what US/Israel claims when they attack civs? But somehow they're never labeled poorly as "war crimes" or "terrorists". hmm… makes you think

But don't be afraid call all the region terrorists, if it makes you sleep better.

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