Exclusive: Piker defiant as Democrats turn on him
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Hasan Piker rejects criticism of his views on pro-Israel, Jewish institutions.
  • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    19·
    9 days ago

    No one’s turned on him.

    The Chuck Schumers and Hakeem Jeffries of the party have always hated him and every progressive.

  • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    77·
    10 days ago

    Unfortunate case of the only person incidentally saying the right things just so happens to be the most unlikeable, wannabe intelligentsia podcastbro out there. I hate the fact that that specifically was the person we decided to be the far left’s Rogan

    • naught101@lemmy.world
      11·
      9 days ago

      I think the DNC’s problem is that most people who listen to him for more than a few minutes end up feeling the opposite to you… Otherwise this situation wouldn’t have arisen in the first place.

      • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        10·
        10 days ago

        The DNC’s problem with him is that he’s a progressive.

        With few exceptions, democrats are the money party. And the money party does not like public health, public education, or public transit.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          6·
          9 days ago

          Well progressive and mildly influential. There are plenty of other lefty streamers that don’t get personal attention from the corporate Democrats.

          • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            9 days ago

            Even Kyle Kulinski and Sam Seder generally don’t get any heat, let alone Riverboat Jack.

      • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        10 days ago

        Most people have awful taste. I can remember being a gooberish little Berniebro about 10 years ago when nepo hire Piker was just starting to produce for TYT. He was consistently the worst commentator on the network. He went on to become an Amazon-affiliated Twitch streamer and AFAICT makes a pretty good grift job taking money from 19 year olds who wish they had the attention span to read Nabokov

        • naught101@lemmy.world
          4·
          9 days ago

          What do you think is the net outcome of Piker’s interactions with politics are at the moment (e.g. recently, and up to the midterms)?

          • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            9 days ago

            Useful idiots; short-term good, long-term remains unclear.

            This is most of the reason why I keep my opinion to myself every time I see his name crop up every day but I think that he is specifically a horrible person to represent the movement and a good example of just how impossible it is to maintain quality the larger your target audience is.