case of the former) and the Houthis a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group. Platforming any of these terrorist organizations, as Piker has done, is beyond the pale. Piker has even gone as far as to incite violence, telling his followers to “kill” and “murder” people “in the streets” and “let the streets soak in their red-capitalist blood.”[1] The incitement of violence merits scrutiny from federal law enforcement.
Outside the context of October 7th, Mr. Piker has even joked and mused about men date-raping women on a college campus[2] and has posted an image of a handgun on top of a United States Senator in what appears to be open invitation to gun violence against a sitting elected official.[3] Inviting one’s followers to shoot an elected official, whether it be done in earnest or in jest, is the kind of threat that warrants serious attention from federal law enforcement.
When he is not joking and musing about rape, Hasan Piker alternates between rape denial and rape apologia. He either denies the sexual violence of 10/7 or he denies that it matters. Mr. Piker once described the sexual violence of 10/7 as “rape fantasies” or “rape hallucinations.”[4] Despite his disdain for and dismissiveness toward Jewish victims of rape in Israel, Mr. Piker remains one of the most popular political influencers on Twitch. What does his popularity reveal about the devaluation of Jewish lives in American society and Twitch’s role in deepening the devaluation of Jewish life?
Hasan Piker has come out as an apologist not only for 10/7 but also for 9/11, compounding antisemitism with anti-Americanism. Here is Mr. Piker in his own words: “America deserved 9/11.”[5] The 3,000 Americans incinerated or otherwise murdered in the Twin Towers; the falling men and women plummeting to their deaths from 110-story skyscrapers; according to Mr. Piker, all of them had it coming. They deserved it. One wonders whether Mr. Piker has ever seen an anti-American or antisemitic terrorist attack he didn’t like? He seems to live in a morally inverted universe where the true terrorists on 9/11 and 10/7 were not the perpetrators but the victims.
Speaking of siding with terrorists, Mr. Piker has glorified “brave mujahideen” for wounding US Congressman Dan Crenshaw, who honorably served his nation in the Navy Seals; Mr. Piker’s loyalty lies not with the members of the US Armed Services but with the mujahideen who murder and maim them on the battlefield.[6]
In a recent video on Twitch, Hasan is seen maliciously laughing at a Jewish woman who simply thanked Vice President Kamala Harris for advocating for the hostages and who conveyed concern about antisemitism.[7] I have a simple question for Mr. Piker and his enablers at Twitch. What exactly do you find amusing? Are you amused by antisemitism? Amused by the kidnapping of 30 children, among them infants and toddlers? Amused by the abduction of aging Holocaust and Farhud survivors?
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_aUJn2AzffWJR-Vp0A_nBh-4dyxMiMVv/view?usp=sharing
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/16-ymq6EgEg5H8DkeE26yDCTuiaxwyx3B/view?usp=sharing
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bAD6OZmn69uL4sPmFH_Dbeh1XcdvzBaG/view?usp=sharing
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M_eAI78XN7Y3azx8W-7n8mN-49yoINRF/view?usp=sharing
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/15uuk6hXOmFWT96QzdoCtPZLylOPjHoVa/view?usp=sharing
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7385477/Hasan-Piker-rips-Rep-Dan-Crenshaw-saying-brave-insurgent-took-eye.html
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AomUw9OITRsl4BeX7RRLff3GBupbENLU/view?usp=sharing
