[–] [S] 0 points 4 weeks ago* (1 child)

i actually do fuck with anti-imperialism and i fuck with it heavy! i also am deeply sympathetic to the yemeni plight under the imperialist west.

that DOESN’T mean i have to condone hasan restreaming and clapping and laughing along to houthis, the vast majority of whose civilian victims have been yemeni.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 4 weeks ago

    no full-throated condemnation is required! i am happy with a continuous gradual distancing.

    i care about human rights and stemming pragmatically from this i care about electability. go back in my history and you’ll find that this is my first post about piker, and the reason for that has entirely to do with el-sayed being threatened.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 4 weeks ago* (3 children)

    yeah i've watched that whole stream when it aired, my opinion was honestly bolstered.

    i even skipped ahead today to 4:27:50 where my above complaint is "addressed" and nothing was "debunked"; he just compared Saudi Arabia to ISIS which is absolutely a valid argument but does not excuse restreaming Houthi propaganda. neither American nor Israeli nor Saudi nor Houthi propaganda should be treated with such frivolity.

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  • [–] [S] -4 points 4 weeks ago* (1 child)

    plenty of leftists like me observe the output of harmful political and social figures. for example i keep regular tabs on andrew tate, bill mahr, candace owens, tim pool, ben shapiro, john fetterman, graham platner (formerly) and even/especially the president and the entirety of the AIPAC-funded congress.

    i don't know what to say other than you're blowing things way out of proportion.

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  • [–] [S] -5 points 4 weeks ago* (3 children)

    you clearly don't watch his streams, and that's okay. just know i have been observing and concerned with piker longer than most people here knew he existed. he doesn't represent me nor the left.

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    submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
     

    hasan piker (guy on the right) does not represent the left and is not worthy of your attention.

    he is actively making abdul el-sayed’s chances at election worse and i am frustrated about it given the stakes so i made this meme.

    because like. my absolute BESTIE abdul el-sayed is out here working miracles at home trying to keep poc, migrant, low-income, queer, etc. people alive and doing the actual work of building a coalition, including making real inroads with his Jewish constituency, while being explicitly pro-Palestinian and rejecting AIPAC money.

    hasan piker has made a handful of appearances with both abdul and zohran, but now abdul is getting viciously smeared for hasan’s own words, with fox news literally turning things hasan said into attack-ad material against him. and hasan just will not read the room and step back.

    this is the same BOZO hasan piker who wears mao outfits, plays literal terrorist propaganda videos for his friends and goes “they’re just very musical people,” denies the Uyghur genocide, supports the invasion of Tibet, lies about queer rights in China while going on tours, and has said enough insane shit that even my OTHER bestie zohran mamdani disavowed him months ago. and the room is STILL unread and some people are trying to tell me i have to fall on the sword for piker.

    do i have to beg ;;;;;;

    i just want candidates who aren’t evil to win :’(

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