this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
850 points (98.5% liked)

World News

1107 readers
537 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be a decent person
  2. No spam
  3. Add the byline, or write a line or two in the body about the article.

Other communities of interest:

founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS
Deceptichum@quokk.au
Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com
PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
850
Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics (www.usermag.co)
submitted 2 days ago by Domino to c/world@quokk.au
266 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Baaahb@feddit.nl 39 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He does say some stupid things sometimes fo sho

[–] Baaahb@feddit.nl 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It happens when your whole schtick is talking incessantly to a stream, especially if you are discussing politics off the dome. Its not like the majority of the dumb takes are in anything like a Speech or actual political messaging. I'm definitely guilty of this.not all of my ideas are good ideas, why would I hold an internet talking head to a higher standard?

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Idk it depends on how you respond to those bad takes imo, being wrong sometimes is normal, but doubling down or refusing to see alternatives is an issue. Not saying Hasan does this per-say, I don't watch him frequently enough to say.

[–] Baaahb@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

Same. I dont know hasan, couldn't pick him out of a crowd, but I've been on the internet long enough.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 2 days ago

who doesnt tho

[–] ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

He streams for like 8 hours a day, most of which is making commentary on current events - eventually, you'll run out of gas and say something stupid. He has a solid basis of knowledge but obviously pushes the aesthetic and ideology above any attempt to be even-handed.

He's not as eloquent or well researched on specific topics other debate bros, even if you agree with his bottom line you can tell he struggles to deliver substantive arguments in certain moments... He has a very strong tell when he knows he's grasping.