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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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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 25 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

"I think what the houthis are doing is a good thing" -Hasan

That's pretty vague. If I said I support what America does, that doesn't necessarily mean I support the worst actions the state has ever taken.

Hasan is a terrorist supporter as evident by the above direct quotes.

Again, just because a group ends up on a terrorist list doesn't really mean much besides that they're currently unaligned with US interest. The "terrorist" dogma has really lost its bite since the war on terror began.

[+] parpol@programming.dev -17 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

If the context was "America kidnapped civilians" and someone said "I think what the Americans are doing is a good thing", then yes, that would paint a bad picture. And it was vague at first but after Hasan explained himself in the debate, it became clear that he was excusing the kidnappings.

Do you not think what they did was terrorism? Do you want to explain to the hostages that they were just overreacting and that their kidnappers actually aren't that bad, and it's just some dogma?

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Do you think Americans are doing a good thing?

[–] parpol@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago

No. Both sides are wrong. That doesn't excuse either side's behavior.

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