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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[+] sunglocto -6 points 1 month ago (21 children)

Hasan's a moron, but detaining him for his opinions is definitely unwarranted and stinks of the same bullshit reasons that this administration has been using to play hide and seek and deport anyone they don't like.

[–] toptiercomputer@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 1 month ago (20 children)

I don't know the guy. Why is he a moron?

[–] Baaahb@feddit.nl 40 points 1 month ago (11 children)

He preaches hard left politics. Mostly people want to call him a moron for hot takes, but the majority of what he says is fine.

[–] ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

He streams for like 8 hours a day, most of which is making commentary on current events - eventually, you'll run out of gas and say something stupid. He has a solid basis of knowledge but obviously pushes the aesthetic and ideology above any attempt to be even-handed.

He's not as eloquent or well researched on specific topics other debate bros, even if you agree with his bottom line you can tell he struggles to deliver substantive arguments in certain moments... He has a very strong tell when he knows he's grasping.

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