Mr. Piker revealed the depth of his depravity when he posted an image of himself as a reincarnation of Vladimir Lenin, one of the fathers of totalitarian terror in the 20th century.[1] Lenin is estimated to have caused the deaths of 7 to 10 million people; his successor, Stalin, the deaths of 20 to 30 million people; his follower, Mao Zedong, the deaths of 40 to 70 million people in Communist China. With idols like Lenin, it is no wonder why Hasan Piker seems so untroubled by the mass killings of October 7th. The only question that remains: Why is Twitch so untroubled by Hasan Piker’s troubling Jew-hatred?
Mr. Clancy: You are known to be an admirer of Hasan Piker. You admire Mr. Piker so deeply that you even had your staff at Twitch sing him a ‘Happy Birthday.’[2] You have praised Mr. Piker for “his frankness and bluntness” and have said “he is comfortable saying what he believes.”[3] In light of all the antisemitism that has been revealed about Mr. Piker, do you still like his frankness and bluntness? Is your company still comfortable with how comfortable Mr. Piker has been with spewing Jew-hatred, however “frankly” and “bluntly” he might do so?
Hasan Piker is but the tip of the iceberg—the antisemitic poster child for a systematically antisemitic social media platform. Twitch not only enables antisemitism—it emboldens it. Look no further than the streamer Sneako, who, in one video, is seen screaming like a raving lunatic: “Down with the Yahood,” which means “Down with the Jews.”[4] Lest you think Sneako’s antisemitism is but an isolated event, he paid effusive tribute to the mastermind of the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust: “May Allah (God) grant Yahya Sinwar the highest ranking Jannah (paradise) inshallah.”[5] No less virulent in his antisemitism is Myron Gaines, who said we have to “take our country back from these Jewish supremacists.”[6] If the KKK or the Third Reich were a social media platform, it would be Twitch.
If Twitch feels even the slightest semblance of social responsibility as a corporation—a questionable proposition given the company you keep—then the time has come for Twitch to stop popularizing those who popularize antisemitism.
Congress has been scrutinizing the amplified antisemitism that has taken hold in the wake of October 7th. Just like no person is above the law, no company in America—not even Twitch—is above Congressional oversight.
Sincerely,
Ritchie Torres
Member of Congress
- ↑ https://x.com/hasanthehun/status/1850246262412726626?s=12
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=BnSg8UsKuxNEgYz5&v=hRGK3hwo1tI&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-13/twitch-s-new-ceo-defends-job-cuts-plans-to-meet-with-creators
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_aUJn2AzffWJR-Vp0A_nBh-4dyxMiMVv/view?usp=sharing
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_aUJn2AzffWJR-Vp0A_nBh-4dyxMiMVv/view?usp=sharing
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_aUJn2AzffWJR-Vp0A_nBh-4dyxMiMVv/view?usp=sharing
