I generally have no faith in public personalities to hold any convictions at all, so it has been refreshing for Hasan to adhere to his position against voting for Gruesome Newscum. I don't at all mean to imply that he's perfect, or that people should look to him as a leader in any respect, it's just nice to see something like that happening and getting broad exposure. Feels good.

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[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 19 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

I hope this doesn't start a struggle session, but I don't really understand this instances thing against posting Hasan stuff.

I see him as just sort of there. He's not like, massively annoying afak there are worse streamers out there.

Is it just because streamer slop is super online and annoying or did he do something shitty I don't know about? Don't really follow him outside of the occasional clip.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 25 points 20 hours ago

AFAIK he hasn't done anything egregious. Some definitely don't like him for political reasons, but I think the thinking here is to avoid focusing so much on individuals or celebrities, and Hasan is just the most visible leftist personality among gen Z and millennials. But we should talk about him from time to time, he is very influential and IMO has fantastic politics compared to other political commentators with an audience his size

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 18 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

he's not radical enough for some of us. i think it's probably not possible for someone in his position to be as radical as we'd want because someone outwardly that radical wouldn't ever get to that position, so i don't get being mad about it either.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 13 points 19 hours ago

Yeah I’ve never really understood that criticism. We need the entryway to be less imposing if we want guests.

[–] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 4 points 15 hours ago

Speaking personally, I generally like him, but again, hold a lot of suspicion toward public personalities. I find his success suspicious, but recognize that until further notice, the suspicion is only founded in vibes. Other than that, he has a pretty clean track record. The most egregious thing he's done in my eyes is glaze Bernie Sanders and AOC, and offer them time on his platform.

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Every time I see a title like this take for granted that I know who this is, instead of being like "Hasan Piker (3M follower twitch news streamer)", the way you would for like, the chief editor of a major newspaper, or the mayor of a third rate city, I think everyone on this site needs to touch grass.

[–] Grebgreb@hexbear.net 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

i think a portion of it is people who have a weird parasocial relationship with him who get weirdly confrontational and combative if they perceive someone disparaging him even slightly. i also feel like these same people probably emphasize and get invested in the streamer/twitch drama aspect of what he does that i think generally is off putting to probably most people.

i know in the past he has directly commented on stream about these people and i for some reason have a memory of him calling them "little gremlins."

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'll admit I got pretty annoyed with people who were out there parrotting that stupid electric collar story. I do watch Hasan YouTube videos, I find majority report really tedious and liberal. But like sometimes I want to hear the news from a non insane perspective.

[–] Grebgreb@hexbear.net 6 points 20 hours ago

i think i worded it a bit poorly, i didn't have an outright lie like Kayagate in my mind when i wrote that. rather i was referring to the people who get disproportionately hostile over the mildest thing because they're taking someone not liking Hasan as much as them personally. there's probably a better way to phrase it but i cant think of it at the moment