Twitch streamer Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics
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"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently"

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.

  • sqgl@beehaw.org
    12·
    1 day ago

    Hezbollah have only one reason for existing: terrorism.

    USA is guilty of its own terrorism but that is not the reason for its existence.

    That documentary doesn’t give anyone a free pass. If you have not heard of Adam Curtis, you are in for a treat.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auMEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Hezbollah’s 1985 manifesto outlined its key objectives, which include expelling Western influence from the region, destroying Israel, pledging allegiance to Iran’s supreme leader, and establishing an Islamic government influenced by Iran’s political ideology. However, the manifesto also emphasized Lebanese self-determination.

      […]

      In 2009, Hezbollah updated their manifesto to oppose political sectarianism, appeal to non-Islamic movements, and promote a national unity government. The updated manifesto has the same basic approach to foreign policy, emphasizing the hegemonic strategies of the US and Israel’s role in the region as a forward base for colonizing the region.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah

      That’s a cartoon level of motivation, to say that they only exist to terrorise is clearly not the case.

      Or is Wikipedia promoting terrorism?

      • sqgl@beehaw.org
        11·
        1 day ago

        Each of those goals are pursued by means of terrorism.

        There were people pursuing those goals before Hezbollah existed. AFAIK they merely added the tool of terrorism.

        Am not an expert in this field. If someone is and can take us deeper I would appreciate it.

          • sqgl@beehaw.org
            1·
            17 hours ago

            Except when it literally is suicide attacks on civilians as innovated by Hezbollah That is pretty black and white.

            • Deceptichum@quokk.auMEnglish
              1·
              16 hours ago

              You said that terrorism is their only reasons for existing, it’s clearly not as I’ve already demonstrated.

              If they invented suicide bombing or drone bombing, I don’t give a shit. It doesn’t change the fact that they are very clearly more than simply “terrorism” as you believe.

              • sqgl@beehaw.org
                1·
                14 hours ago

                Terrorism is always for a purpose. You listed several purposes, all of which are pursued via terrorism.

                They only exist because of their willingness to use terrorism.

                  • sqgl@beehaw.org
                    1·
                    10 hours ago

                    One example. I already revealed another example: The first suicide attacks were on US military occupying Lebanon .

                    That is two examples vs countless suicide attacks on civilians and daily rocket attacks which were not military targeted, starting the day after Oct 7 (ie before Israel even retaliated).