Remember: Every single person you see attacking Hasan by spreading hoaxes that have been debunked already, like the dog-zapping one or him being a “rich socialist. All socialists and communists must have 0 dollars in their name” are all 100% MAGAs. People who benefit, support and love the Jeffrey Epstein Class.
Every single one of them.
At this point, if you are still someone who disagrees, attacks, loathes or dislikes Hasan, you are a genuine piece of garbage who is only getting millions of innocent people killed in silence. For example, us Mexicans, we are losing 30,000+ people every year thanks to the Iron River Americans (especially Republicans) keep funding with their taxes. Same shit pours down to South America, same shit is done to the Middle East and Africa. There are a lot of dems who are American Exceptionalists and want this violence and control over third-world countries to continue, so they attack Hasan too. They are traitors and murders.
Hasan is the only American influencer that has brought attention to the Iron River the same way he does for Gaza 8 hours every day. These people hate that, because they all love killing innocent people. Every single American Exceptionalist does at this point.
That’s what Hasan haters are. Absolutely every single one of them, do not waste more time talking to them, they are worthless monsters.
Hi fuck Hasan piker
Agree. Fuck hasan piker. He’s a piece of shit.
Nah, I don’t like MAGA at all, I’m Canadian.
But I do recognize Hasan is just running a MAGA style grift.
I also recognize you’re unable to accept any criticism of a wealthy grifter the same way that MAGAs defend Trump, another wealthy grifter.
You’re upset about the declining quality of life. You should be. THinking some rich guy that’s just saying controversial things on social media is going to make your life better? Feeling like it’s important to vehemently defend a wealthy social media grifter? Yeah that’s what MAGA is really about.
You’re just being angry about people not liking orange kool-aid and saying they must like the strawberry kool-aid. Y’all are drinking the kool-aid down there. Which flavour you prefer doesn’t make you any better than the other people drinking the social media kool-aid.
What is the grift? Teaching class consciousness for free? Are you an idiot?
He’s also rich out of donations for doing that for 8hrs everyday. Motherfucker, you’d never take someone with 0$ dollars in their name seriously anyway. And comparing a billionaire pedophile like Trump to Hasan is so fucking stupid I don’t even know where to begin.
Spreading class consciousness is what is helping candidates like Zohran and Abdul win, you imbecile. What Hasan is doing is working. You just want people to give up so they do not learn new shit anymore and stay ignorant, because for you, it’s easier to exploit dumbass people.
Hasan is one of the only influencers online that bring attention to Gaza and also the Iron River, in my country, Mexico, which is getting 30,000+ innocent people killed by the 200,000+ firearms the USA and you, Canada, pour into our country. You just don’t want Hasan to spread that awareness, because you probably have stocks in those companies that make the bullets and bombs, and you’d lose money.
You are the MAGA, the fucking cultist dumb piece of shit who benefits the Jeffrey Class. You don’t even have valid criticisms about Hasan. Which are they? That he made a lot of money? The 9/11 comment? What is it? You got nothing. You are an idiot.
The guy you replied to said this:
Or you could… vote in the primaries?
The US has a convoluted run-off system that really should be simplified, but you can vote to select which of the two finalists will stand in the general election. Of course it falls apart for MAGA and leftist types (basically the same kind of people) that think if the majority of people voted for someone they don’t like it must be because the system is somehow rigged.
Everyone in my social media bubble thinks the same way so there’s no way people voted for someone who’s not MAGA/communist! The system must be rigged!
They are not a serious person.
There are real economic policies that could improve people’s lives. Tax the wealthy, break up large corporations, actually implement healthcare.
The wealthy want to distract you from these things because they enjoy not paying taxes, controlling huge corporations, and profiting off of you when your sick.
So they distract you with demagoguery about failed economic systems to keep you ignorant of the policies that will actually work. Guys like Hasan don’t want you to have a better life, they want to profit off of you by selling socialist themed t-shirts at their merch stores.
No socialist movement can succeed without the working class. The working class know how difficult it was for people like them under socialist systems of the past. It is only the university elite that get scammed by guys like Hasan, he does his performances on a set designed to look like a dorm room after all. You have an affinity to Marx, Lenin, Mao, maybe even Stalin if you’re particularly tankie. The Working class have an affinity towards the people that starved, were worked to death on a “five year plan” or people in China right now working a 996 shift. You’ll probably have to do some googling to figure out what a 996 shift is because you care so little about the working class.
He’s not using a dime of the money he’s made off of his grift to organize labour, there is zero effort to appeal to the working class in this faux socialist movement. It wouldn’t work anyway because there has been enough contact with people in the working class with people that have immigrated from former socialist countries that they all know the socialist rhetoric is bullshit. Life was worse for the working class under socialism, you hand wave it away as a minor detail, and that makes you toxic to the working class. Only wealthy university kids that haven’t had much contact with the working class buy into the “class consciousness” “late stage capitalism” type rhetoric. The working class knows it’s all a lie, anyone who’s talked to anyone from Eastern Europe or Cuba who was working class and not part of the political elite knows what’s up.
Hasan represents a movement for psychopaths that ignore the hardships of the people that were oppressed be the authoritarian regimes you regularly quote.
Teaching class consciousness for free?
Dude. He’s a streamer making millions of his fans. He isn’t doing this for free.
I much rather get my class consciousness from someone less obnoxious and less psychopathic. (And someone who doesn’t shock his own dog)
Edit: Future reader, don’t bother. It’s bot all the way down. And I get pretty spicy with my comments.
Socialism is when poor?
The 4 day old account is calling other users bots?
Mhm.
Tell me, who are you getting your class consciousness from that is less obnoxious and less psychopathic? You must have recommendations for who to watch instead, right?
I love how people on here are so willing to ignore abuse for people they like.
Source? Or are you doing a Scott Jennings and pulling things out of your ass?
They saw that one out of context now debunked clip where Hasan’s dog tripped on it’s bed and now hold it up as an example of him being an abuser.
It’s wild how we have Dan Saltman admitting he made up that shock collar rumor because of how viral Ethan Klein killing his own dog with cheese went and there are still people totally willing to believe him.
Wait, I’m honestly curious about this one to finally put it to bed lol
Velma already posted the links for those coming here later!
Hasan Piker is a great example of a person whose fame is a sign of the world being fucked up.
MAGA spotted. People like you benefit and support the Jeffrey Epstein Class, you are in no position to talk about what is fucked up.
Do MAGAs usually think that Trump should have been prison for treason/sedition/whatever after January 6 2021 and that he’s generally speaking not only the worst US president in history but also among the worst famous people in history?
Because that’s how I think and I think it kinda conflicts with the idea of being MAGA.
“Fuck Hasan Piker. Probably fuck Scott Jennings, too”
That was your reaction to this news.
MAGA statement in full right there from you.
It’s so funny when people edit their comments as if no one saw the weird shit you said earlier lol
This one didn’t see the weird shit. What was it?
“Fuck Hasan Piker.”
Then they edited in “Probably fuck Scott Jennings, too.”
So maybe not weird weird, but it’s weird to edit it like that lol
Looks like the scott Jennings part is gone
Yeah they edited the entire comment hence this side convo right here.
Never knew who this guy was until the right wing women all wanted to fuck him and it exploded on the internet.
wait… MAGA women actually want to fuck someone other than their biological fathers? wow
Have you heard them talk about trump? It’s crazy how horned up some of them are.
Anyways, during the republican convention they put a pic of Hasan half naked on the jumbo tron. It awakened something in a lot of men and women in that crowd.
Excuse my ignorance, but who is Hasan piker?
He’s one of those “People you agree with but say it in such an insufferable way you want to disagree” type of people.
Says politically good things, is very hot, but is also a smug douche.
Dark gods yes! He and Vaush have some (some) pretty good takes but damn, they are insufferable. And Hasan is a bit of a tankie on top of that. He has a pretty shit take on Ukraine.
Vaush
The guy who is self-admittedly into bestiality and loli porn? That guy?
While reacting to a video by Jubilee regarding rape culture, Vaush claimed that Rape Culture exists, that every woman he knows has been sexually assaulted and that reports of sexual assault are not being taken seriously. In the next ten seconds, Sydney Watson talks about her sexual assault story and that the perpetrator was non-white, of a certain religion, and did not get charged due to Cultural Differences. Ian then screamed, “Bullshit!” and accused her of using her trauma to perpetuate the “rapefugee” narrative. The clip was shared to Twitter by Sydney’s friend Brittany Pettibone, and it went viral. Sydney responded to him in Isaac Butterfield’s response video to him.[19][20]
Ian Kochinski is often accused of being a pedophile. The most common claim rose from a statement that he made about Child Pornography and Child Slavery, where he compared the exploitation of child slavery under capitalism in third-world countries to child pornography, to emphasize the double-standard in where we are easy to condemn child sexual exploitation but turn a blind eye to child labor exploitation, to illustrate how society is far more accepting of child exploitation which is economically beneficial.[12]
In a hypothetical explaining why rule utilitarianism condemns pedophilia, Vaush said: “it is possible for an adult and a child sexual relationship and for it to have positive outcomes on the child as well. That is possible, however (…)” [13]. Vaush has stated that, if economic inequalities are mended under communism, that it could be justifiable to lower the age of consent to 16, like in the UK. [14] In addition, Vaush has stated that he supports child sexual abuse material in that it is not immoral.[15] On 11 June 2023, Twitter user @Marxist777 make a thread, accusing Vaush being a pedophile. He made a response denying the allegations to this 2 days later.[16]
He was also caught with AI generated CP on his computer [17]
Discord discord messages from 2019 were found of Vaush talking about his desire to have sex with horses.[23] In February of 2024, Vaush accidentally opened his porn folder while on stream. He quickly closed it, but the screenshots were shared on X/Twitter and led to ridicule, due to the content of the porn, which included bestiality involving a horse, as well as 2 pieces of Lolicon pornography, which Vaush had previously denounced.[24]
Urgh, that’s disgusting. Thanks for telling me.
No problem. It can be hard to keep up with how these guys are shitbags. Figured I can use my chronically online status to spread some truth.
It’s a shame that Vaush’s more combative style of speaking alienated so much of the left wing, because he does do really good political analysis and also advocates for such organizations like Progressive Victory.
He also advocates for child rape.
I’m curious where you got that from him, considering he’s been rather consistent in denouncing that.
As for the “taxes” folder, he made an entire hour long video talking about his previous controversies, which you’ve mentioned in another comment here. I’d recommend giving it a watch, since most of them are timestamped, and I found it rather informative.
I’m not interested in what Vaush says here. What was shown on his own stream when it was revealed he kept loli and beastiality porn was enough for me.
This kind of argument that the age of consent should be lowered and that children aren’t always harmed when adults rape them is disgusting. Destiny, Vaush, all of them who believe this have no place on the left. Or shouldn’t have a place.
Why do you defend these types of views?
He’s not a particularly well-known figure outside of streaming platforms, but I’ll quote a previous post I wrote to give an attempt at a rounded impression of him. It’s from another thread so there’s some parts of it that might look a bit less relevant to this one, but here it is:
"I think everyone who knows some about him will have an opinion on him - I’d call him divisive. I’ll try to give a relatively neutral rundown - I’m not a historian or researcher on this subject so my knowledge is likely to have holes.
I don’t have time to treat this like a dissertation or adding citations, but I’ll try to present things as neutrally as I can and then you (or anyone else reading) can decide to further research any of the points as you see fit. I am not the final authority on this, just someone who’s dug a little more into this than the average person, and who has no strong feelings for or against the person in question.
He is a political twitch streamer. He ties himself to, and uses the language of, the far left and related candidates. He backs and campaigns for progressive candidates which often raises awareness and donation for them, but the effect seems to be limited - some candidates he backs does well and others do not. He also seems to make plenty of statements that directly contradicts the candidates he backs and campaign for, causing some of them to try to distance themselves from him.
He appears to be well-versed in U.S. electoral politics, media framing, and progressive political arguments, which tracks with his bachelor’s degree in political science and communication studies from Rutgers from 2013. Being a streamer he ends up talking about a lot of related subjects, in which he often has to give off-the-cuff opinions and takes, which can often fall well-short of informed or accurate.
He says his end goal is communism. He got his start as a content creator in his uncle’s online news channel (The Young Turks), before later splitting off from them and doing his own streaming business. He is from a very affluent family, personally earns a lot of money and he clearly lives an affluent lifestyle. He claims to thrift for designer clothes but when pressed appears to reference outlet stores and similar. Initially he claimed that he doesn’t want his regular thrift stores to get raided by fans, although his fans might be less affluent than him and therefore better served by access to these stores. He has done several very successful charity streams that amassed large amounts of money for good causes. He claims to donate great amounts of money to charities, although the amount of donated money that can be tied to him is very low for his level of wealth, somewhere between 77.000 - 80.000 USD total (0,5-1%) of his estimated wealth, which is 8-14 million USD. While he does not appear to put his money where his mouth is, he does spend some of his time on popular fundraising, which drives a lot of attention to both him and the causes he fund-raise for.
He is often abrasive in his communication, although he will excuse that with passion for the subjects he talk about. He has a large audience that aggressively attacks dissenters or people Hassan expresses dislike for or disagreement with. The harassment from his fan base appears to be significantly above and beyond the norm for the space, and while he comments to the contrary it would be hard to believe that he is unaware of the dynamic between him and his fan base. From what I can tell he has taken no steps towards solving this dynamic beyond disavowing some instances of the harassment, while condoning other instances. He does not appear to have a problem with lying about people or broadcasting random people (even known malicious actors, that he himself states to be malicious) on twitter or twitch if it fits his narrative.
He often breaks the rules of his streaming platform (twitch) but receives special treatment, although I am unsure if that is due to personal popularity or personal relationships with the owner of twitch.
He denies using a shock collar on his dog, but looking at the evidence gathered through old videos, still frames from new videos, and from people who personally interacted with the dog would suggest that to be a lie. I do not know if he still uses a shock collar on his dog since the latest controversy.
As said, feel free to research each of these points, but do be critical of the sources of information and try to just find the actual evidence of what was done or said, rather than peoples’ conclusions. He is divisive so when people give their take they usually either dismiss all the criticism and focus on the things he does well, or dismiss the things he does well and focus on the criticism.
Find all the evidence you can and make up your own mind."
Now, as for this case it looks like Hasan Piker is substantially more correct than Scott Jennings. Snopes did a good write up of the evidence, so I’d recommend looking at that directly, if you care about the issue.
He denies using a shock collar on his dog, but looking at the evidence gathered through old videos, still frames from new videos, and from people who personally interacted with the dog would suggest that to be a lie. I do not know if he still uses a shock collar on his dog since the latest controversy.
Shock collars don’t even work on dogs like Kaya. Their fur is too thick around their neck. You’ve completely fallen for a smear campaign.
Shock collars don’t even work on dogs like Kaya.
Then somebody probably should’ve told Piker that.
Oh you again hahahahaha
Come join the party. You’re gonna get wiped with facts.
I’m not the one spouting fallacies.
Stating that shock collars don’t work on that breed does not preclude Piker – fool that he is – from erroneously using one in a fit of rage. It’s a monumentally terrible argument. Try that fact on for size.
They don’t work because shock collars need to make skin contact and Kaya’s fur is incredibly thick around her neck because of the mix of breeds she is.
That you think Hasan is being propped up by the CCP is telling.
That is untrue. If the shock collar has the wrong types of prongs or if it is poorly fitted, it might not reach the skin well enough to make constant contact meaning that at some presses it wouldn’t work very well, but you can get models that will make contact even with thick fur.
You can’t simply dismiss the point without willfully, or otherwise, ignoring how shock collars do and do not work.
Now, based on the video where Hasan Piker gave us the best look at the shock collar, the best match would be the Educator RX-090, as confirmed by their own support team. Feel free to check this link, scrolling down to the section named “What the manufacturer’s support says”. The whole article gives a decent rundown of the evidence as well, but it’s a longer read.
This particular model might be an “extra poor” choice for Kaya given that Tibetan Mastiffs do tend to have doublecoated furs with a thick, whooly undercoat, but that is a common mistake people make when buying shock collars.
You people are so fucking dumb.
There is no way those prongs would hit Kaya’s skin. I know that because I have a family member with the exact same brand of collar. Those prongs are pretty short, and you wouldn’t even fucking bother. It is an excellent noisemaker for the dog. You can use it for long-range calling. It makes a loud beep and buzzes really well, and pretty much every dog is going to react to that.
Combine that with the “evidence” given, anyone that believes he shocked his dog is dumber than a box of nails. Wow, someone here said they looked at stillframes! Motherfuckers do the exact same thing as moon landing denialists and flat earthers do. It is insane to me that a fucking 15 second clip is groundbreaking evidence these fucking mouthbreathers give for a thing that even if it was true, would be relatively fucking minor to them, but goddamn do they fall for the same shit every time.
That’s quite the angry rant. I’ll try to filter out the personal attacks and focus on the substance.
You can claim that the collar would be a bad fit for Kaya and I’d agree, but the images taken from Hasan’s own streams make it hard to claim that it isn’t the Educator RX 090.
You could claim he might be better served with a vibration collar, which is what Hasan changed his story to, but this one is shock capable, and there would be no reason to buy a shock capable collar unless you intend to use the shock capability.
But my claim is that he used a shock collar on his dog, not that he used one that was a good fit for shocking his dog. That’s moving the goalpost, if not an outright straw man.
I don’t recall hearing a loud beep when it went off, but feel free to bring evidence to the contrary and I can use your standard of evidence to dig further.
You can go on a tirade about evidence but it doesn’t get much more concrete than stills or clips from Hasan Piker’s own streams.
And to clarify: I do not find animal abuse minor, and I certainly think shock collars are animal abuse. But that’s also trying to move the goalpost, once again.
Nah dude. That fucking collar is a vibration collar. It also has shock capabilities, dingdong. You can put in and remove the fucking prongs really easily. I have seen the exact same fucking collar. But if you don’t remove the prongs, you wouldn’t fucking touch the dogs skin with that collar because those prongs were made for smaller dogs, but the vibrations and noise would be fine because those don’t rely on skin contact. The fact that this doesn’t matter to you is evident. It didn’t make a noise in whatever clip you are talking about is because they didn’t use it.
Damn, I am on fucking fire answering these. What’s your next fucking curveball? “Oh yeah, if I’m a paste eater, how come I’m all out of paste?” Donate money to an animal shelter and tell people to stop going to pet breeders. You would do more for animals that way than whatever the fuck you think you’re doing here.
A collar with vibration and shock is a shock collar. A collar without shock but is a vibration collar.
The representative from the producer of the collar, that image and video evidence match, indicated that the prongs had been improperly removed and the opening taped over, instead of using a padded replacement cover for the underside, which they also sell. Indicating a rush job to hide the shock prongs.
Hasan has also had a guest who commented on the collar being very tight (“can’t even fit one finger” was the quote), which would make sense for using a poorly fitted shock collar, which this one would be indeed.
So my claim is that Hasan used a poorly fitting shock collar. Maybe because he bought the wrong one or because he used one he already had, and he had to over tighten it to get it to somewhat work. And that he used a shock collar on his dog.
Hasan also changed his story several times as well. He started by claiming it wasn’t a shock collar, to them later claiming that it was a shock collar but that he had the prongs removed. I believe he changed it further, but those are the most relevant I believe.
AHHHH I’M DEAD - You linked to a Medium article as proof?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yep. Feel free to criticize the actual approach the person took or try to disprove it though. I don’t really care where things come from, if the method is good.
Also all this time spent replying to me when you could have been sourcing your claims.
You’re not a serious person.
So you claim.
That’s a fucking blog with no sources either. It’s an opinion piece with no meat, no substance, nothing.
Medium is not considered a good source in any space with serious adults talking about real issues.
This “article” is as useless as your AI block of text about Hasan with 0 sources.
There’s literal pictures take from Hasan’s own stream, and e-mail conversation with a company representive that recognizes the product. I chased down the image and found it to be verifiable. While I cannot very a private email I could verify the company and the product and match it to the image.
I don’t care where the evidence is, I care that it is verifiable in so far as it can be, and I could verify the majority of that blog post, which is more than you’ve been able to give me.
Again, no AI used in any of my work, but feel free to keep riding that ad hominem as far as it’ll take you.
Dan Saltman and Destiny made this up. Stop working for right wing grifters.
I am not particularly well-versed in those guys, so I can’t speak to their findings, but at a cursory glance I don’t see a link between anything I’ve linked and them - I am happy to be corrected if there is something I’ve missed.
However, until you bring any kind of evidence, I will rely on Hitchen’s Razor here: “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence”
Stop working for these people.
Dan Saltman is a tech entrepreneur and political podcaster who leverages his platform to advance Zionist interests, targeting pro-Palestine voices and justifying Israel’s ongoing settler-colonial project in occupied Palestine.
As founder of TinyChat — a video chat platform acquired in 2014 after receiving $1.5 million in funding from Sean “Diddy” Combs, amid allegations of its use in predatory behavior — Saltman built his career in online communications. He now serves as CEO of Redact.dev, a service that deletes users’ digital footprints, which he promotes amid his own involvement in online activism. Saltman co-hosts the “Anything Else” podcast with Steven Bonnell II (Destiny), where he discusses politics and amplifies pro-Israel views to Western audiences.
Saltman has repeatedly portrayed pro-Palestine advocacy as support for terrorism, directly accusing streamer Hasan Piker of promoting “terrorist propaganda” and “Hamas recruitment videos.” In September 2025, he endorsed calls to ban Piker from Twitch, claiming Piker’s content encourages violence and supports terrorist organizations, while framing criticism of Israel as antisemitism. This rhetoric dehumanizes Palestinians by equating their resistance to Israel’s occupation with inherent threats, perpetuating consent for settler violence.
Saltman orchestrated a widespread disinformation campaign against Twitch, accusing the platform of fostering antisemitism by allowing pro-Palestine speech. He mobilized supporters to pressure advertisers, leading to temporary pauses in spending by companies like JPMorgan and AT&T in late 2024. This effort aimed to suppress voices critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza, where the confirmed death toll exceeds 40,000 — a conservative estimate, as Israel’s destruction of infrastructure and targeting of journalists has halted accurate counting, with the actual number slaughtered well into the hundreds of thousands. Saltman’s actions align with broader Zionist efforts to weaponize antisemitism accusations against dissent, shielding Israel from scrutiny over its apartheid policies and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and Gaza.
His associations extend to content creators like Ethan and Hila Klein of the H3 Podcast and Destiny’s community, with whom he has collaborated on attacks against Piker, viewing him as a threat due to his effective advocacy for Palestinian liberation. Saltman’s push to repeal Section 230 appears motivated by a desire to further censor online criticism of Israel. Twitch banned him indefinitely in November 2024 for “extreme harassment,” including doxxing and targeting employees who refused to comply with his demands.
This pattern of behavior is not isolated but part of a consistent effort to normalize Israel’s settler-colonialism, obscure Palestinian suffering under occupation and genocide, and manufacture public consent for ongoing violence.
Why did you give the link and then copy the whole contents as well? That seems very redundant.
I don’t see how Dan Altman is relevant to any evidence I’ve brought fourth - I didn’t use him as a base for any of my evidence, nor reference them in any claims. Can you tell me how he’s relevant to the subject at hand? (Hasan Piker)
Edit: “Dan” instead “Sam”, partial typo and partial "slip of the tongue"due to the similarity of their names.
A social democratic Twitch streamer prominent for supporting social democratic or progressive liberal candidates in primaries against more establishment democrats.
Best known for shocking his dog on a livestream.
Nah, he has his problems as a reformist but the endless drama and defamation surrounding him is already known.
It’s how I heard about him, at least. The dog shocking spawned a lot of memes that spilled out far and wide enough for people who don’t watch e-celebs to see.
Oh so you’re regurgitating unverified rumors to convince people to distrust this guy? Cool, cool.
Kinda funny we’re talking about this on a post about Hasan suing Scott Jennings for defamation.
yawn. I used to watch him religiously but him not owning up to shocking his dog put a bad taste in my mouth. Haven’t watched him since.
Dan Saltman recently revealed that he was the originator of that lie and he did it specifically to smear Hasan.
More clips of Destiny and Dan Saltman coming up with the rumor
A nepo baby cos playing as a progressive on TV to enrich himself. That’s his contribution to the world. And dumb people are attracted to him.
As someone who found out about him about a year ago… Yea he’s said dumb stuff, but who hasn’t?
From the rest I’ve seen he’s constantly pushing leftist candidates and ideas and he seems to be in a space that’s dominated by right wing Nazi dipshits, so having him in there is a good thing.
The whole nepo baby comment I don’t know and don’t give a shit if true, the entire right is funded and bankrolled by Russians and fascists so I’m not going to nit pick.
On the matter of nepotism, his uncle is Cenk Uygur who is the co-creator of The Young Turks (a progressive news show). Hasan acknowledges that he benefited from nepotism to launch his career as a political commentator since he got his start working for The Young Turks with his uncle. It’s not like he hides it or presents himself as “self-made” or any other bullshit like that, so I don’t really have a problem with it either.
You don’t see the problem with dumb people following a rich person? Do you hear yourself right now?
I do see a problem with dumb people following rich people, which is why I’m a socialist. I don’t see Hasan as a leader, I see him as a comrade. Socialism is not a poverty cult, the rich can be class traitors too and it matters where their money came from and if they’re honest about it. Hasan also puts his money where his mouth is, donating to campaigns, mobilizing his audience to campaign, funding and fundraising for causes like the PCRF, and delivering aid to and platforming Cubans suffering under US sanctions. Anyone who consistently delivers materially to the working class deserves the benefit of the doubt.
First off, he never helped Cubans. He showed up to clout chase and go on vacation. Secondly, he only donates large amount to arabic causes, probably a racist. He begs for money for causes while wearing D & G, directly propagating the system he claims to want to change. Again he claims this and that but acts like a PoS everytime I seen him. He is a demagogue and I hate how no one sees it.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Piker, in partnership with CARE International, raised over $200,000 for Ukrainian humanitarian aid while playing Elden Ring, with an average of over 70,000 people watching his coverage of the conflict.[64][65][66]
In the aftermath of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, Piker organized a fundraiser that was also contributed to and promoted by other streamers and content creators, including Jacksepticeye, Valkyrae, Ludwig Ahgren, and IShowSpeed. As of February 10, the fundraiser had raised over $1,200,000 for charities such as CARE International’s Turkish and Syrian branches, as well as two Turkish NGOs: the AKUT Search and Rescue Association and Ahbap, which was founded by Turkish musician Haluk Levent.[67][68][69]
During the Gaza war, Piker’s charity drive on his channel had raised over $1,000,000 as of October 21, 2023, for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, American Near East Refugee Aid, Medical Aid for Palestinians, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society.[70][71]
During a March 2026 livestream, Piker helped raise more than $56,000 for congressional candidate Oliver Larkin.[79] Wired called this an example of content creators using their online influence for direct fundraising.[79]
Wow this is a weird comment, I wonder what other gems this user could have.
Wow. In any case besides the other user’s source, here’s more:
Turkey & Syria: https://www.imdb.com/news/ni63953887
Ukraine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/10/twitch-streamers-russia-ukraine-hasan-cnn/
He’s a leftist political streamer on twitch. He has been at it for many years now, and has recently been the target of many a smear campaign by conservative (and lots of liberal) media, especially after he campaigned with some leftist candidates throughout the United States in the recent primaries. Including Mamdani, and Abdul El-Sayed to name a couple. He comes off a bit like a dude bro, and has said provocative things. But personally I think he has lots of fantastic takes.
“Old enough to count, old enough to mount” - parasocial idol for people who were dropped on their head from a second story window as babies
He also abuses his dog with a shock collar…
Best answer. For everyone else, we get it, he lost the purity contest.
The clip in question is outrageous. Jennings should have his ass handed to him over this.
Seriously why does anyone give a shit about a twitch streamer?
Why the fuck would anyone give a fuck about you? You are literally a bot who works for the Jeffrey Epstein Class to whitewash America’s crimes. You are always doing American Exceptionalism propaganda so your shit ass country can continue killing minorities like you do in my country, Mexico, through the Iron River you fund with your taxes.
You are fucking garbage. Get a fucking life already, you terrorist.
I don’t care about him personally, but the story is about a bad faith news commentator removing the “he said” nesting from a quote to make it sound like he was claiming precisely the viewpoint that he was criticizing. And that shit shouldn’t fly.
Also they’re trying to run that story to smear not only him but also a progressive political candidate currently running a tight race. So yeah we should absolutely be calling it out.
Because he’s providing real political and moral leadership while the “leadership” internal to the Democratic party are cuckold failures.
Hasan backed candidates have basically wiped the floor throughout both the Democratic primaries and now general elections. As people have recognized the failures of both centrism and bipartisanship, explicitly socialist views expressed through a relatable, non academic, non corporate views have real purchase. Expect them to continue to grow into a household name. You better get comfortable in this new reality.
Hasan isn’t doing anything important he’s literally just a twitch streamer.
He actually agrees with you, he’s just a twitch streamer who does political commentary and occasional activism when it aligns with his ideology. He would happily stay in his lane. But the democrats and republicans have turned him into a big deal and gone out of their way to slander him.
Did he switch to mostly political stuff now? Last I heard he was a “reaction” streamer that mostly stole others content.
He’s been a political commentator even before he became a streamer. He probably still reacts to content on the account that political commentary largely depends on reacting to interviews, news clips, articles etc. I’m sure he probably does non-political reactions, such as the recent H3H3 implosion, but as with political commentary he adds a lot of commentary ontop the content. There was even a viral clip of casuallyexplained calling out Hasan for constantly pausing videos to add his own commentary.
The idea that he mostly stole content from others is one of the multitude of lies his haters have told over the years. He’s a far cry from the react streamers who consume content in its entirety and add only “uh-uh, yeah, right.”
All I’ve seen from him is watching a video and offering nothing but the occasional laugh, then rushing to stop it before any self promotion from the creator can play.
He has something like over 20 000 hours streamed. I’m sure you’re going to run into that as well, but if that’s all you’ve ever seen… I guess you must be the worlds unluckiest viewer to always find him doing just that.
I mean you can literally open his stream right at this very moment, he’s not just sitting there “reacting” like a houseplant. He’s not even watching a video others made.
That’s your opinion mang thats fine. And just like the failure of the Biden administration to do anything to stop a genocide , you can choose to see or not see whatever you like.
Hasan is a political commentator who reads and responds to the news outloud. And they do it in a way which most people under the age of 40 would do it, in a mocking, casual sometimes cynical view. And people can relate to that; they aren’t just reenforcing establishment views.
Here’s what its going to come down to: Hasan picked the winners. The canddiates they endorsed and supported, they made it through their primaries, and after making it through the primaries, they are winning their elections. They are more ideologically similar to Hasan and most of the people here, than you or other centrist/ rightwing politics. But more importantly, they picked winners, and supported them early when early support makes the difference. That makes them a king maker.
Lemmy hates centrists but we’re a better representation of the majority of the voters.
How’s the genocides doing now?
I know Biden supported Ukraine much more and I’m also thinking there was a reason why that cunt Netanyahu wanted Biden gone and Trump in.
I mean no you are not. Centrism has lost every election where its been tried. You don’t represent anyone. Socialism/ Social Democracy is far more popular with voters.
How’s the genocides doing now?
Its your genocide bruh, you own it, so you tell me.
He’s more important than you, you’re literally just a Lemmy poster, come on now
I don’t pretend to be anything but so I don’t know what that has to do with anything.
Sue Scott Jennings already maggoty. Shit or get off the pot.
He hasn’t defamed me.
Has that ever stopped you before?
Like I don’t have any particular interest, love or hate for Piker. I haven’t ever watched more than a few clips of him. But he does matter, both as a person and a political influencer. And your question is bullshit elitism. Saying “Why does anyone give a shit about [blank]?” and then filling that blank with any type of person you find frivolous, not for the content of their character or their opinions voiced, but for something like their chosen job or hobby, is fucking dumb. Particularly in relation to a politically active person in what is ostensibly a democracy. Everyone matters in a democracy. That is the actual point.
You may as well have said, “Why does anyone give a shit about a janitor?” Well if that janitor has a lot of political influence, good or bad, you should give a shit. What the fuck does it matter if he is a janitor, a twitch streamer, or any other role? If they are talking and people are listening and it is effecting people’s political insights and mindset and vote, it doesn’t matter what they do for work or how they got their audience. It matters that others are listening. And it also matters that he is the object of political ire from his ideological opponents. No matter how dumb any of it is, these things have real tangible effects on our world. You don’t have to pay him any mind or grant his opinions any credence or like him or hate him or feel anything at all about him to acknowledge that he objectively does matter to the political sphere.
A decade ago, people where dismissive of Trump because he was (and is) a fucking caricature of a wealthy womanizing narcissist with a big mouth. “Who gives a shit about some rich real-estate playboy?”, one might have asked. But his big mouth runs and millions of voters eat up every word. Do you think Trump’s bullshit matters now?
Janitors aren’t typically known for their narcissism like twitch streamers are.
Because they want to believe he is not a piece of shit.
And hope.
And boy, are there bad news about that.
You are a piece of shit for attacking him. The only people you benefit doing that is the Jeffrey Epstein Class. You are garbage.
Ah. Yes. The Hassan way.
Unrelated factoids to question someone’s morals. Then calling names.
It is childish behavior he was exposed for MULTIPLE times.
But keep believing Hassan is not a piece of shit and this is a correct behavior for an adult.
Narcissists fixate on people. The right is full of those, so this happens. Happened with Clinton, AOC, now Piker.
Left too.
They fixated on Clinton, Sanders and Harris.
Because being smart is not acceptable in America.
Because being smart is not acceptable in America.
Piker has a degree in communications and political sci from Rutgers. What do you got?
I have a Masters from UCLA lmao.
What the fuck is Ucla? One of those flyover states?
Edit bc I wasn’t hostile enough: take your papermill degree and shove it up your ass, you obviously didn’t learn anything. Your little CC certificate won’t save you when the revolution comes
Then you should be able to deduce that Americans listening to someone educated on these topics isn’t proof that being smart is not acceptable in America.
It’s more of a broad truism than an attack on Piker per se. The fact is, we have a culture that rewards stupidity.
I agree generally with you, this just isn’t relevant to this particular conversation.
I mean, for a smart guy - Hasan has said some really stupid shit in the past. That’s what gets views though.
