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Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics (www.usermag.co)

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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.

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[+] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee -10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I don't care enough to sift through millions of hasan clips from 3 years ago to provide one person source.

I used to watch him before the invasion. But when he started banning pro-NATO people from his chat, and saying that putin is just being defensive, because of NATO's imperialistic nature.

Dude's an american idiot.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Saying Russia's rationale is supported by evidence like the NATO chief saying that and lots of other "non pro Russia" leaders. Just because it's a "banned" opinion in mainstream (not political correct) doesn't make it false, or make one a tankie, or pro-Russia.

The problem is if you do not accept different viewpoints there is no space for negotiations or peace agreements, only questionable and bloody victory. And that little trick is the real 1984 for me, not the shit MAGA is pulling off. The entire mainstream and "left" have swallowed this narrative and attack anyone with different opinions with personal attacks, even if they have clear evidence supporting their opinions.

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Ah yes, the good ol' "stop resisting". A true classic among you folk.