The west has stopped quietly committing genocide against the wishes of it's people, started forcibly and loudly committing genocide against the desperate cries of it's people.
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I don't even like Hasan, it's annoying how much "moderates" have forced me to be on his side lately.
The people that need to actively attack Hasan in this day and age are almost categorically active supporters of this current status quo.
They're not even just opponents of the left anymore. They're just present to wreck any civil spaces to cause infighting.
I love Hasan. I wish more privileged voices were as concise and consistent and forceful on left issues like he is. If there were several dozen more people like him we wouldn't all have to couch our support for their advocacy with a milquetoast disclaimer about how we "don't even like them".
Hell, I'm a vegan and an anarchist. He regularly throws those aspects of my identity under the bus to offer a fig leaf to the unconvinced in his audience so that they listen to more central leftist ideas, and still I love him for that. He has millions of followers, I cannot fathom how impactful he has been to leftist advocacy all over the world in the past 5 years. I'm so fucking sick of people putting disclaimers on their support for him. I don't even sub to him and I love the guy. I know what critical support means and I give him my critical support on full blast.
Don't get me wrong, he seems like a good guy, but react streamers are objectively the lowest form of entertainer.
Putting someone else's content up on stream then walking off while your audience watches it is pretty... off putting.
About half of his content is interviews with activists / politicians and live-on-the-ground protest coverage. His "react" coverage is mostly training his audience to digest mainstream newsmedia through a leftist lens rather than dramaslop-type takes.
but react streamers are objectively the lowest form of entertainer.
I thought that was intersection jugglers but like, you'll never guess what I do during the day. Now I gotta get a new entertainment job.
He thinks “ I have a pretty big audience, I better endorse DNC candidates to ensure I don’t push the needle too far left” and that fucking sucks.
I understand and feel your frustration. I don't think he's a bad guy, though, personally. And highlighting stories like this is only good, don't you think? He's a popular guy, being refused entry for holding and expressing popular views. This should be made common knowledge, don't you think?
So you'd agree with him that the UK is now a fascist state
You love a con man
I sometimes watch TYT with Cenk and I have no clue why the UK decided to ban him over that.
What a bunch of chocolate starfishes...
Everyone pointing fingers at the name Young Turks had better not be a fan of Blondie or Joy Division.
Just like Tyler the creator... Hasan and cenk must be a couple years away from a seminal album
It's still weird everyone ignores Cenk named his organization after the perpetrators of the Armenian genocide...
Armenian Genocide, campaign of deportation and mass killing conducted against the Armenian subjects of the Ottoman Empire by the Young Turk government during World War I (1914–18). Armenians charge that the campaign was a deliberate attempt to destroy the Armenian people and, thus, an act of genocide. The Turkish government has resisted calls to recognize it as such, contending that, although atrocities took place, there was no official policy of extermination implemented against the Armenian people as a group.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Armenian-Genocide
Or that the only reason Hasan has a platform is he's a nepo nephew....
the only reason Hasan has a platform is he’s a nepo nephew…
Hasan's platform is Twitch and he's largely built up his following by doing the same influencer circuit as everyone else.
If he's got any aces up his sleeve, they're that he's gorgeous, he's quick witted, and he got in on the ground floor when DSA was blowing up
Hasan's platform is Twitch and he's largely built up his following by doing the same influencer circuit as everyone else.
I don't think this is correct, both Hasan and Asmongold are a part of Night Media and I've seen no attempt by Hasan to leave. Hasan is also weirdly kiddy-gloved when talking about Asmongold, at least it was like this in the past.
Granted, Night Media employs a lot of people — I just don't believe Hasan got to where he is by simply hitting the influencer lottery.
Is this some AI hallucination bullshit?
Which part? Me claiming that him winning the influencer lottery doesn't seem random, or him working for Night Media?
Edit: Literally every source I can find attributes his success to his time in the Young Turks and The Breakdown, why the fuck are you all going to bat for a nepo baby? Is it because he says things you like?
'Young Turks' has a more generalized use. It's even got a disambiguation page on wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Turks_(disambiguation)#Politics
The swastika is ackshullay an old Indian symbol...
The Young Turks committed multiple genocides, claiming you named it after a different organization named after the originals isn't the slam dunk you think it is, especially considering how recent the fucking Armenian genocide is
What about your lazy attacks even if your perspective was right, justify banning free speech?
You are pathetic, just because you hate people like Hasan you will throw away free speech and freedom.
One day when it is too late maybe you will understand Hasan was on your side but until then keep talking it makes you look like a fool.
Go watch more Bad Empanada you fascist
I actually agree with Novara that Piker shouldn't be barred from entering the UK but this headline is very misleading.
The UK government has said the ban is because of his use of '"antisemitic tropes, such as the claim that Israel controls America" and comments about grooming gangs he made on Piers Morgan's YouTube show' and because of his support of a 'proscribed terror group' (i.e., Hamas). Nothing to do with his support of Palestine (I don't think that Hamas represents Palestinians any more than I think that Putin's party represents Russians).
- hasan has been an avowed opponent of anti-semitism for his entire career, he has very consistently made a distinction between zionism and jews
- hasan has never been on piers' show
- hasan hasn't supported hamas and he has criticised them for human rights violations, but he has, quite rightly, pointed out that hamas is better than israel, because israel has killed 80,000+ innocent civillians in palestine as part of their genocide, whereas hamas is a resistance movement against a nuclear state supported by the world's largest military superpower
the media constantly lies to defend israel
I actually agree with you, but this comment is misleading. The UK Government has said none of those things and has not made any statement on this as referenced by "The Home Office has been contacted for comment."
The first quote was from The Community Security Trust, and the second from The Times.
Well, I actually agree with you, but actually the first quote was from The Times and the second quote was from Labour MP David Taylor.
I just thought it was fair to extrapolate that the reasons the government banned him were the same as those who publicly called for the ban, not separate reasons that no one who actually supports the decision has cited.
So you don't believe in Free Speech?
Are you a coward too afraid to let Hasan's words reach your precious ears lest they change your mind?
Or are you just an authoritarian who pretends they care about things other than retaining power and control over what is allowed and what isn't in society?
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Them: "Stop killing innocent civilians. Killing innocent is bad, m'kay?"
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You: "We don’t need helmets like that entering our land to spread their ridiculous unrealistic viewpoints."
History, in the making, and you loudly declare you wanna be on the wrong side. Interesting choice.
And you're vocally against the lesser evil and harm reduction. So big of you.
ETA Didn't notice the .world. That explains it.
I understand history, and want to be on the right side of it. Pity you don't.
Hassan and Cenk do paid agitprop for the UK's adversaries. Why should any country let them come over and tour around the country undermining the government and bolstering conspiracy and driving extremists on both sides. Bet there here to do their favourite thing, undermine a liberal left government so the far right can win.
The UK is not under a liberal left government, and if you think Labor is even close to not being far right you're actually deluded.
they’re* When you make dumb mistakes on something so easy it makes you look like you’re not well read. If your inane take wasn’t enough, that definitely gives it away.
Hassan and Cenk do paid agitprop for the UK’s adversaries.
Considering the UK is supporting genocide, maybe the UK's adversaries are in the right here, and agitprop is good because it might put a stop to genocide?
His name is 5 letters long and is right there in the post title and you still can't get it right. Reminds me of Fox News hosts intentionally stumbling over and mispronouncing "Mamdani". At some point it stops being fat fingers or illiteracy and is just bare islamophobia.
That’s just absurd. If I spell Nat Turner “Natt Turner” does that somehow make me anti-black?
Intentionally so? Yes, if you're being intentionally disrespectful about a black person's identity that does put you under scrutiny of being anti-black. Is this is a difficult concept for you?
How are you certain of OP’s deliberate misspelling the name, though? It seems to me like you’re looking to strip OP of their credibility by any means possible, up to and including frivolous accusations of racism.
They've made posts as of 30 minutes ago, that comment has been up for 11 hours, they've neither replied or corrected it. I wasn't born yesterday, I'm done erring on the side of accident with regards to racism and genocide, you can continue bending backward for them if you like. I've seen your statements elsewhere in this thread, I know where you stand.
Time zones you moron. I went to sleep and ive been at work since then. Its just because I work with a guy called hassan and I'm used to seeing his name spelt that way.
But its even crazier to equate misspelling Hasans name with racism or genocide. You are a nutcase and Hasan wilI never see your white knighting.
FYI you were posting in your sleep.
Also can't help but notice, you still haven't fixed it.
I fixed it in my last comment. No point in correcting the original. Its not like Hasan deserves a single ounce of respect hes on the same level as Candice Owens.
Honestly I generally just block people who accuse others of racism over typos. Fediverse is so much better without y'all
Dude one of my friends last names is Hasid but my phone always autocarrots to Hassid. You are jumping at shadows.
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