To be fair, that is what predators tend to do (especially the human ones now that I think about it…).
Also, while I mostly agree with your assessment of Hasan and don’t really pay any attention to him myself, he IS at least mildly popular (or at least well-known) on the internet in the sphere of political streamers and I think the reporter was just surprised that what their data suggested (roughly 1% of the American population follow him on some platform or another) didn’t add up to what reality is actually like (this serious political candidate who probably doesn’t go on Twitch that often, or at all, has never even heard of him)
Overall, yeah I’m kinda surprised they even turned this into an article. Seems pretty inconsequential no matter what way you look at it
The liberals are trying to make an example out of Piker… To intimidate influencers, who typically rely on ads and support from the establishment to survive, from attacking the status quo. Piker doesn’t do ads, relying on his subscriber base to fund his career. So they can’t control his messaging with money, and are trying to do it by making him radioactive to the candidates he would support. The ultimate goal is to take away support provided by Piker for grassroots campaigns, so those candidates will have to toe the DNC line, or risk losing support from the establishment.
So regardless how you feel about Piker personally, or his views, it is clear he is trying to elevate progressive candidates so they don’t have to compromise themselves for liberal support. We should all be supporting those efforts if we truly want to amplify a progressive political wave.
Nice to read thoughtful comments instead of the usual reactive crap too many people post.
My interpretation is that the reporter was trying to set up a guilt-by-association gotcha, and it got deflected by the denial. That denial may or not have been entirely truthful. I mean, I know who Piker is, and I’m a septuagenarian code pig with a passing interest in politics.
Nixon won because she successfully organized local, black communities in Florida. Her popularity didn’t come from association with national figures or politician but local ground work and Florida’s disenfranchisement campaign of its black citizens.
So for once Piker with his “young men” demographic just didn’t matter.
He’s a fan of hers as she’s anti-Israel and a DSA member, but that’s about it. CBS was completely off base on this one.
To be fair, that is what predators tend to do (especially the human ones now that I think about it…).
Also, while I mostly agree with your assessment of Hasan and don’t really pay any attention to him myself, he IS at least mildly popular (or at least well-known) on the internet in the sphere of political streamers and I think the reporter was just surprised that what their data suggested (roughly 1% of the American population follow him on some platform or another) didn’t add up to what reality is actually like (this serious political candidate who probably doesn’t go on Twitch that often, or at all, has never even heard of him)
Overall, yeah I’m kinda surprised they even turned this into an article. Seems pretty inconsequential no matter what way you look at it
The liberals are trying to make an example out of Piker… To intimidate influencers, who typically rely on ads and support from the establishment to survive, from attacking the status quo. Piker doesn’t do ads, relying on his subscriber base to fund his career. So they can’t control his messaging with money, and are trying to do it by making him radioactive to the candidates he would support. The ultimate goal is to take away support provided by Piker for grassroots campaigns, so those candidates will have to toe the DNC line, or risk losing support from the establishment.
So regardless how you feel about Piker personally, or his views, it is clear he is trying to elevate progressive candidates so they don’t have to compromise themselves for liberal support. We should all be supporting those efforts if we truly want to amplify a progressive political wave.
Point taken, I’ll try to be more sympathetic to him and his efforts
Nice to read thoughtful comments instead of the usual reactive crap too many people post.
My interpretation is that the reporter was trying to set up a guilt-by-association gotcha, and it got deflected by the denial. That denial may or not have been entirely truthful. I mean, I know who Piker is, and I’m a septuagenarian code pig with a passing interest in politics.
Nixon won because she successfully organized local, black communities in Florida. Her popularity didn’t come from association with national figures or politician but local ground work and Florida’s disenfranchisement campaign of its black citizens.
So for once Piker with his “young men” demographic just didn’t matter.
He’s a fan of hers as she’s anti-Israel and a DSA member, but that’s about it. CBS was completely off base on this one.
Omg tell me about it; I was called an AI the other day just because I used paragraph breaks and proper grammar