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?

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.

the same reason anyone gives a shit about any celebrity, viewers are influence, friend.

Now go forth, and say this no more. The more you know

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.

Narcissists fixate on people. The right is full of those, so this happens. Happened with Clinton, AOC, now Piker.

Your orange cheeto master is a reality TV host, a failed business man who only made money through Russian mafia money laundering a pedophile and a rapist.

this guy gets attacked on Fox News more than entire minority groups, he's kind of like AOC, more famous for being hated by republicans than being liked by democrats.

A lot of people watch twitch streamers or related videos/clips on yt. You can't discount the amount of reach or influence a popular streamer can have.

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.

The only reason what Hasan said about 9/11 could be considered stupid is because it doesn't paint the full picture. Much like the term 'defund the police' doesn't mean 'completely eradicate police departments across the U.S.', saying 'America deserved 9/11' does not mean 'all the innocent (powerless) people killed in the attack or as a result of the attack deserved it'.

You can accuse him of being tactless, because he is - for someone with a degree in polysci and communications you'd think he'd conjure up a better way to phrase it. Thing is, he's not wrong.

Hasan has said some really stupid shit in the past.

Haven't we all?