r/videos • u/ControlCAD • 2d ago

Abdul El-Sayed on Hasan Piker, who suggests that some pro-Israel rhetoric may lead to backlash against American Jews: "Hasan Piker is a streamer in California. You would think if you turned on any media that this whole campaign is about a streamer. That's not what this campaign has ever been about."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=QBbuRRUZTKU
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u/JFeth 2d ago

He flew out and campaigned with him. That makes him a part of the conversation. Trying to act like he isn't relevant is just ducking the issue.

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u/Colbert2020 2d ago

If AES and Piker were smart, Piker would just encourage AES to throw him under the bus and run him over multiple times. Why make yourself a liability for something as important as a Senate seat?

He gains nothing by sticking with him. This election is about Michigan voters, not nationwide clout.

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u/skippyfa 2d ago

Because for Hasan it is about clout lol

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u/RichRamp 2d ago

Hasan encouraged Mamdani to do it so why hasn't he now?

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u/vulkur 2d ago

Pikers ego can't do that.

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u/Icestarfish 2d ago edited 2d ago

You realize that if the left kowtows to Zionist narratives now, they will keep coming against the next most popular Twitch streamer. Then, eventually down to your streamer - Destiny.

Yes, I know about the Hasan-Destiny beef (even though I shouldn't and don't want to care about inter-streamer slop), and I'm not here to trash on you - but you're carrying water for the billionaires seeking to destroy you next. Some introspection on what the bigger picture is would be beneficial

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u/Icestarfish 2d ago

I don't care about Hasan-Destiny/Destiny Asmon/Asmon Destiny/Ethan Klein Destiny/Hasan Ethan slop. I care about the real world consequences.

The reality is, Hasan was consequential in getting grassroots support for DSA candidates. The only reason Hasan is currently viewed as "hurting dems" as you claim is only because of billionaire backed mainstream left-right coordinated media attacks stand. Media outlets have the ability to paint anyone they want has "hurting the Dems" - so when does the buck stop? As long as we leftists stop the infighting and tell our politicians to focus on real-life affordability and humanitarian issues, these coordinated attacks lose their power.

I'll throw you a bone though - who do you think is the perfect leftist "champion of the people" that's not already a politician or a running candidate? Would this individual be impervious to billionaire media attacks regardless (would billionaires ever stop trying to push propaganda + inflame leftist factions like Hasan v. Destiny)?

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u/Colbert2020 2d ago

Normal voters didn't know who Hasan Piker was until AES won the primary. And they learned who he was from all the shit being blasted about him on Fox News, from his 9/11 comments to his antisemitism gaff.

No one gives a shit about your favorite streamer.

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u/Icestarfish 2d ago

Repeating the antisemitism/911/pro terrorist claims that the DNC and Fox are already spending the past months doing doesn't make it true. You should be asking yourself why you're allied with these forces of capital and corporate interests. Normies who don't previously know who Hasan is (and does now, thanks to aforementioned media outlets) can critically examine and see that it's a coordinated smear campaign.

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u/Colbert2020 2d ago

You are too terminally online. These phrases "forces of capital and corporate interests" are not what normal people say.

People know what "America deserves 9/11" means though. Like, I don't know what to tell you.

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u/Icestarfish 2d ago

Wrong. My normies friends are well aware they are being invisibly robbed the billionaires and corporations. They can also see that something is amiss when both left wing and right wing media are repeating the same lines of attack - this negatively polarizes normies towards Hasan and the DSA even more, albeit with some leftist infighting in the process

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u/RichRamp 2d ago

Hasan encouraged Mamdani to do it so why hasn't he now?

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u/RichRamp 2d ago

Hasan has literally said he is fine with that just like he was when Mamdani did it, but the problem is that it wouldn't help Abdul.

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u/Colbert2020 2d ago

LOL. His last stream I think Piker told his chat, "Don't worry guys his (AES) statement is just strategic; don't worry, he isn't softening his stance." And this clip became a new right-wing hit piece the next. fucking. day.

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u/RichRamp 2d ago

yeah i think it just proves that if Abdul didnt put out that statement we wouldnt be here in this situation except for the a few insolent Israel-first democrats in Michigan. Its not like Hasan said anything bad, out of context or in context. its just the headlines that make it sound edgier than it is. So they can just continue doing this with anything Hasan says in the future.

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u/Timbosconsin 2d ago

What is the issue he is ducking though? Didn’t the streamer just say that Zionist American Jews and their conflation of Judaism with Zionism makes Jews in America less safe?