@thepondering_ Can you explain to me why you haven’t written Cenk off like Ana then? Genuinely curious cause I find Cenk to be in the exact same spot but I wanna understand the differentiation you make.
Why even bother differentiating them? Cenk went on Jubilee and argued that the two parties are the same. Cenk and Ana share so many of the same beliefs. It may not have been your intention, but your first tweet implies that Cenk is better than Ana, and that's not the case.
Ya that’s pretty fucking gross, so fair enough, but I’m not saying Cenk is an ally now — I said that he has been *at times before* when it comes to electing Dems over Republicans whereas Ana isn’t now and hasn’t been before
To be clear, this is the report Hasan cited. He uses p.86 to say SV wasn’t systematic. That’s wrong.
The report is only saying they can’t place an exact figure. But mass SV is their conclusion, as they found instances of SV in multiple places, see the first two screenshots
To be clear, this is the report Hasan cited. He uses p.86 to say SV wasn’t systematic. That’s wrong.
The report is only saying they can’t place an exact figure. But mass SV is their conclusion, as they found instances of SV in multiple places, see the first two screenshots
@Stormwolf1210 The report itself says that its likely that sexual violence occured yet that there is no evidence that it happened much less that mass sexual violence happened or that it was used as a tool of war by Hamas. Hasan said that if it happened, that does not justify genocide
You, someone whose proven themselves to be largely clueless about Israel/Palestine, are confident enough to say I “support genocide” in Gaza, but cannot bring yourself to make any meaningful statements condemning a man who you now see OPENLY supports terrorism against anyone in the west?
You had him on your show for an interview and chalked all of his support for terrorism up to “edgy comments”?
Is his support for Hezbollah just edgy? Do you support Hezbollah’s existence as a foreign funded and Iranian founded entity in Lebanon like Hasan does?
Do you support civilian hijackings and terror attacks on civilians from the Houthis like Hasan does? Would you ask a self-purported Ansar Allah fighter what his favorite anime is and then giggle along in an interview while he tells you about how they drugged the passengers of the Galaxy Leader and sang songs with them?
Was China correct in their takeover of the Tibetan savages like Hasan says? Do you support their crackdowns in Hong Kong and would you support them taking back Taiwan?
Does Russia have a right to own Crimea because most of the people there were ethnically Russian like Hasan says?
Was the murder of two Jews in the US a false flag from the Mossad like Hasan says?
Since you’ve never pushed him on any of these positions nor addressed any of them in any meaningful way, I’d say it’s fair to assume every right wing attack on you is most likely correct. You’re just another mask-on, radical Islamist who’s been concealing his radical beliefs in an attempt to infiltrate western media by appearing more palatable to the liberal masses.
How else could you explain such unfathomably dishonest sweeping for open support of terrorist attacks?
@phZander This is how these reports always work. They are always hedging because of the nature of how evidence gathering works.
However, is it a coincidence that incidents of it occurred in so many different locations? And does that fact alone not indicate mass sexual violence?
Is Diet Maga a positive or a negative? I only ever hear Diet MAGA used to talk badly about Dems. It's just Kyle shitting on Dems again, but I guess he didn't technically make the equivalence???
Idk it's just a lot of charitability for someone who only voted Dem once in his life
By definition, diet isn't an equivalence (especially when he also says stuff like the very worst centrist shitlib Dem is better than any Republican, Crowley is far better than Tiffany, drag his balls over broken glass to vote for a centrist Dem, etc)
That said, the "Diet MAGA" line is irresponsible and I don't like it
Come on, you're better than this. You were defending Hasan, and then, when confronted with him defending terrorism, you now say, "Hasan can speak for himself." Either retract your prior claim that he did not defend terrorism, or argue against this video. Don't back out now.
I’ve never supported terrorism or the killing of civilians in my life.
Unlike you, who openly supports genocide and war crimes in Gaza.
And Hasan P can speak for himself re his videos. I’ve never claimed to agree with everything he says and have in fact disagreed with the way he expresses himself on many occasions.
Mehdi, Hasan Piker has cherry-picked a report on October 7th and made it seem like the report denied mass sexual violence. The report said the opposite.
He has also gone on Piers Morgan and likened October 7th to GOOD revolutionary acts. Sure seems like he defends October 7th.
This is not true. This is a lie. He hasn’t done that. He has argued that rape by Hamas on October 7th wouldn’t justify, or change the dynamic of his opposition to, Israel’s subsequent attack on Gaza.
Does CNN not have a standards department anymore?
What a great message for candidates to associate themselves with if they want to lose elections.
Fun fact: most Americans don't like people who hate America.
@_Tristan_503@karkar_eth@mehdirhasan Yeah Israel did bad things, I agree and I think Israel and Israel should be held accountable for war crimes they actually committed (a lot of your list is inaccurate)
I can condemn Israel and oppose terrorism. Hasan defends terrorism after critiquing Israel. He’s inconsistent
While I love @mehdirhasan, it is inexcusable that he keeps ignoring these clips and acts like Hasan is just “anti genocide.” No. Hasan cheers on terrorism and it’s good to call that out
People post videos of you from many years ago where you're espousing radical Islamist ideas. You've claimed to have changed, yet here I find you sweeping for obvious Islamic terror worship, why?
Were you lying when you said you've changed?
Or are you really just ignorant as to what you defend?
What am I supposed to think about you, or el-Sayed, when you can't even speak with honesty about what's right before your eyes? We've all seen the streams, we've all seen the videos.
I posted this video earlier at you and I noticed you didn't respond, so please - can you tell me what @hasanthehun is doing in this video? Why is he cheering on the terrorist hijacking of a ship where hostages were taken for 400+ days?
Am I to assume that you haven't changed, and you still support Islamic terrorist attacks against the west, but you simply hide it now? Do you believe there aren't a dozen other videos I can post of Hasan openly cheering on terrorist attacks against civilians in the west?
"Calling us nazis is inflammatory," they say.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is applying quotes referencing Hitler to Trump
I don't even think Trump is a nazi but they are feeding into it hard.
@CatfishHummer@mehdirhasan He's giving his opinion, not just reporting.
If you feel so strongly about your baseless accusation towards Destiny, take it up with him.
@karkar_eth@mehdirhasan Notice how you didn't address any of the substance of what I said?
Anyways, so you're saying the innocent sailors on this ship who had nothing to do with Israel deserved it? What about the innocent people who were victims of Hamas' sexual violence, which Hasan denies happened?
@karkar_eth@mehdirhasan Well no, Hasan isn’t saying “this is an understandable response.” He supports these groups in their attacks against civilians, and justifies it.
And, what is the military resistance ISRAEL is facing? The Houthis attacked an unrelated ship and Hasan cheered it on.