This is intended to deplatform him in order to suppress left side of centre political voices
this post was submitted on 24 May 2026
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Hasan Piker and Susan Medea Benjamin Hit With Treasury Subpoenas Over Cuba Trip
(www.timesnownews.com)
Federal investigators have issued subpoenas to political streamer Hasan Piker and activist Susan Medea Benjamin amid an inquiry into alleged violations of US sanctions related to Cuba's government.
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Isn't that the same guy who had the controversy about using shock collar on his dog? And more recently a meltdown over gamers wanting to be fathers after playing Pragmata? Maybe he should be deplatformed if that's the reputation he gives the "left side of centre".
Just in case this isn't trolling, the shock collar thing was a complete hoax. He doesn't own a shock collar. He literally showed the collar on stream. The Pragmata thing was him responding to incels using the game to push narratives that the game is going to "save white birthrates". When he says "capital G Gamers" he's not referring to just anyone who plays video games, he's specifically talking about the same folks who think any minority representation in games as being "woke mindvirus" and also who immediately sexualized the child character in the game. In both cases it's mostly Destiny (pedophile/sexpest) fans and other folks who already hate Hasan pushing an agenda.
With the Pragmata thing, that sure didn't sound like that from his own words. Sounded more like farming engagement through ragebait. Which is typical for streamers, but also not very left wing.
I mean you can take it whatever way it makes sense to you; it's definitely not a take that's easy to understand his POV without more context but if you watch enough of his stream you start to get what he's actually taking about. Plus even if not, the dude streams 8 hours a day almost everyday; there's going to occasionally be some boneheaded takes.
I would rather watch a streamer that doesn't call majority of his audience hopeless incels in any context, but I guess we can agree to disagree
No matter who you watch, you will still be someone who will never have even a quarter of what the average baby boomer had at your age, like 7+ children, a home at 19 years old, economic stability, or at least a happy family of four without a college degree.
You fell for the bullshit they say about Hasan. You are not smart enough to opine on anything. You are either a Zionist, a blue MAGA who still thinks the USA is redeemable (American Exceptionalism / Imperialist), you hate China with the same passion as Trump and you still call yourself a democrat, or simply a fool who says things like "I would rather watch a different streamer" when you have yourself never watched Hasan's stream. You are already opining about who he is, what should people do regarding him, trying to imply nobody should watch him because he "calls his audience hopeless incels" when he literally does not do that, no one ever said he did that either. Right wing MAGA morons are not his audience. You suck. It's always the same type of people. Same patterns.
You are either a MAGA or a Jeffrey Class supporter if you still blindly attack or hate Hasan. Especially if you always attack his persona, not his ideals. It's so obvious, whenever people focus on the dog or some niche drama, what they are truly about.
Oh, this is for sure making me like him more. If his community is this hateful and gatekeeping, I'll make sure to stay as far away from you people as possible.
And you've brought up China out of nowhere, too, like I've attacked it in any way. Well, I don't want to have anything in common with someone that defends authoritarian dictatorships while considering themselves leftist.
And I don't want to be around someone who benefits the pedophiles and Jeffrey Epstein Class like you.
Go on and keep attacking the few voices we still have that spread class consciousness. This is the exact reason you will never have even a quarter of the joyful life baby boomers had, you moral purist demon. You are morally inferior to everyone in Hasan's community for this crappy ass behavior. You generalized them all based on me, and I am literally one of their biggest outliers. I got permabanned in Twitch because I told an Asmongold viewer to go fuck themselves after they were publicly making fuck of Palestinians getting bombed.
You are literally someone who is benefiting people like Asmongold, when you say shit like this, so, fuck off. The time for stupid people like you is over. We don't have to appease or appeal you. Stay behind in the darkness if that is what you want.
I guess you don't actually care about Hasan, his community or the Palestinians. You're just desperate for an excuse to insult people and project your own brand of moral purism. I am really sorry for Hasan that his streams attract people like you.
Disgusting demon. I started watching Hasan because I wanted to understand why were my family in Gaza and Lebannon being invaded by Israel. I had my doubts about Israel, I didn't think they were that evil, but I spiraled after seeing what they'd do to my people. Hasan has been the only influencer who kept me from rotting worse, I know how to separate Jews from Zionists. I don't blame all Jews like A LOT of people are doing so online. I only dislike the Zionists and Netanyahu's government.
You are only sorry that you have been exposed as someone who still defends America's imperialism. You live under an authoritarian regime too, you dounce. You never had real democracy or freedom in your life. You are NOT A MEGA DONOR, you have not donated even a million dollars to a candidate's campaign you wanted to see win. You were always forced to elect between politician A who appeals to sympathy, or politician B who appeals to empathy, both with a touch of apathy for the other. Both ready to answer the interests of the rich, but not yours. The fact you keep attacking me and not these ideals, says a lot about your true intentions here. Grow the fuck up if I am wrong. Be better.
I am also a Mexican (one of Hasan's 35 in total that watch him), who has constantly dealt with racism online, not only from Americans, but also Europeans and Asians. We have a lot of stereotypes you love to abuse. You always ignore us, belittle us, insult us. And when we try to be heard, you say exactly shit like this. Always. You are an asshole, dude. I have seen nothing but death in my life. People hanged in my city, beheaded, getting shot in the head while eating outside, children being targetted, lost my Spanish teacher and his son who was my classmate once. All thanks to America.
And still you say I don't care about Hasan or his community, when I am literally defending them from your banal statements? You make no sense, dude. What are you? An Asmongold fan? Ethan Klein? Ethan Klein fans moved from calling Hasan and everyone who supports him a pedophile to the dog shock collar thing ever since he lost that defamation lawsuit against that billionaire he called a pedophile too. Sexpestiny, Ben Shapiro, Andrew Tate, Sneako, Nux, Tectone, or even Fox News, David Path Beckam or whatever his name is, which of all his wacko ass haters are you a fan of? Stop wasting people's times, show your real colors already. The dog shock collar thing is almost a year old now, it's akin to the people who sent death threats to PirateSoftware just because of a fucking World of Warcraft dungeon, which he wasn't even at fault. You behave exactly like those hivemind drones.
And the establishment wing of the democratic party finds common cause with the trump administration yet again.