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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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[–] goodeye8@fedia.io 263 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Is anyone surprised? This isn't a jab at Hasan, it's just a reminder that fascists will crack down on opponents. The likes of Hasan will be deliberately targeted until they've been silenced one way or another, and then they'll come for you.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

Is "are you surprised?" the measure we use now to determine if something is worth reporting on?

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 79 points 1 week ago

I'm actually surprised it didn't happen sooner, but it's still newsworthy.

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[–] LaLaLa@ani.social 249 points 1 week ago (129 children)

No fan of Hasan, but this shouldn't be happening to anyone.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 143 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Pathetic, and for the record Hasan would interview Hamas, because interviewing someone is not an endorsement of someone if you aren't a piece of shit fraud like the members of the Trump administration who treat interviews as theater to spread propaganda with no evidence are.

Assuming someone interviewing someone you consider a threat is thus by association a threat of the same kind is a shockingly dangerous precendent to set and basically spells out the extinction of a free press in no uncertain terms.

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[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 131 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Remember folks, it starts with the leftists, then it doesn't stop until we lose for good. Every 80 years.

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[–] Sylence@lemmy.dbzer0.com 109 points 1 week ago

Crazy that in his stream with FD a few weeks ago he was adamant that he'd be one of the last people impacted by the immigration/border control nonsense.

I think it just goes to show how, even otherwise well informed people, can underestimate how much fascism will impact them personally. It can be easy to distance yourself until it is in your face, placing you in cuffs, or forcible removing you from your home. I hope he learns a lesson from this experience.

[–] shaserlark@sh.itjust.works 73 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Never heard of this guy but must have hit a nerve if a whole Hasbara brigade is showing up here to trash talk him.

That being said, it’s an interesting turn of events that apparently units around immigration take the role of Gestapo. Makes a lot of sense given what types of people would even want to do such a job but it’s still not what I expected when they said fascism is coming back.

[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago

Right wing groups have been targeting him for his support of Palestine and being critical of Israel.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 65 points 1 week ago

At first they came for the Communists...

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