r/worldnews • u/yahoonews Yahoo News • 4h ago
UK blocks visits by left-wing US commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/uk-blocks-visits-left-wing-102315349.html?ncid=redditnewsus594
u/wonder590 4h ago
It wasnt blocked, their automatic visa waiver was revoked. They could've applied for visas but chose not to.
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u/benkkelly 3h ago
Britain's interior ministry said travel authorization for "these individuals" had been canceled as "their presence in the UK may not be conducive to the public good" in a statement that did not mention Israel.
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u/word6l 3h ago
Your statement almost did not mention Israel.
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u/Foreign_Cable_9530 3h ago
I didnt realize the UK has a history of barring people for speech concerns. Historically these have been against people who promote anti-Islam and antisemitism.
I’m not familiar with Cenk and Hasan outside of the latter being a streamer aimed mainly at young men and boys. Are they antisemitic to the point where barring them from entering a country makes sense?
Genuine question.
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u/morgrimmoon 3h ago
At least one of them actively supports Hezbollah and posted content saying that the mass-murder of Israelis was a good thing. He also interviewed a Houthi terrorist and compared him to an anime hero.
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u/TemporaryAsparagus89 3h ago
Yes Hasan is extremely antisemitic
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u/Foreign_Cable_9530 3h ago
Like the “I don’t agree with Israel’s government” kind or the “I dont think certain people should be allowed to live in my neighborhood without harassment” kind?
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u/Quail-That 3h ago
The "Houthis terrorists are like the good guys in One Piece, here's the guy chat isn't he so cool posting pictures boarding ships and taking hostages" kind. If anyone thinks that is a strawman, they can look it up themselves.
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u/webzu19 3h ago
I remember he got clipped years ago saying something like "The brave mujahadeen who gave their lives in the fight..." when talking about the terrorists who hijacked airplanes on 911. If that gives you an idea of his opinions
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u/jello1990 2h ago
I think you're confusing that time Hasan, uh, let's just say he made statements about a sitting congressman who lost his eye in Iraq
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u/Loose-Run-7008 2h ago
Bruh that’s obviously satire, because America did make propaganda about the “brave muhahadeen” 😭 I don’t like the guy, he says a lot of stupid things and doesn’t know when to shut up, but that’s clearly a joke. He’s a communist so he wouldn’t like that the mujahadeen fought the Soviets in Afghanistan with US backing.
You ever see Rambo 3? That’s a line that plays at the end of the movie no joke, it aged rather poorly obviously so tons of people reference it. Even the show “The Boys” did a parody of it lol.
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u/Hane24 2h ago
The "Denies any sexual assualts or wrong doings were committed by Hamas, but will believe anything that paints Jews in a negative light" kind.
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u/HyperAstartes 1h ago
Along with his friends Matt Cushman, Felix Biederman. Very gay and very anti semetic cree over there.
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u/EuphoricStatement321 3h ago
“Britain's interior ministry said travel authorisation for "these individuals" had been cancelled as "their presence in the UK may not be conducive to the public good" in a statement that did not mention Israel.”
Sounds like they were blocked.
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u/beenman500 3h ago
Hasan read the email on his stream, it invited him to apply for a visa.
Though that might just be a humiliation ritual honestly.
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u/bakochba 2h ago
There's a bunch of reasons he could be blocked. For example he's under subpoena by the US Congress for his trip to Cuba, he shocked his dog on stream, he said that America deserved 9/11, that he supports Hizbollah "ten toes down"(designated terrorist group), He platforms Houthis fighters(designated terrorist group), and numerous times that he supports Hamas (designated terrorist group), he also had a segment "Old enough to count, old enough to mount?" About underaged girls
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u/Ferromagneticfluid 2h ago
He's not under subpoena though. He hasn't received anything, this was just some shit Fox floated out as a hand of the government.
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u/bakochba 2h ago
Hasan has stated this himself
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u/MACHOmanJITSU 4h ago
Hey man we’re trying to make content here,
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u/toneysaproney 2h ago
It was obviously stated in the article that their travel authorization was manually blocked.
“Britain's interior ministry said travel authorisation for "these individuals" had been cancelled as "their presence in the UK may not be conducive to the public good" in a statement that did not mention Israel.”
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u/stopmyhamster 4h ago
Did you read the article? This wasn’t an automated process. They clearly knew they were coming and cancelled them. They even remarked why. But no, it’s always a left wing narrative, right?
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u/wonder590 2h ago
Automatic because coming from the U.S. means you get a waiver for needing a visa.
Also, I'm left-wing you moron. Sweeping for tankies does not a proper Liberal or liberal make- but you probably don't know the distinction between the two.
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u/ah_harrow 3h ago
There's a waiver system that's supposed to save you time and effort by simply checking against a certain number of criteria and then issuing a waiver. For 99% of people from the US this is going to work just fine because the US - like many other countries - gets a defacto pass on visas for entering into the UK.
Yes, getting rejected for a waiver isn't necessary automated but that doesn't mean you've applied for the visa - you've applied for a waiver (which is much quicker). Border Force might ask for more information, but ultimately may very well issue a visa. I'm sort of with you that this is almost akin to a rejection, but there is likely a completely different and more comprehensive review process for a visa application that hasn't been used here.
The fact that these two haven't attempted to get a proper review is a bit strange - you or I would do just that if we were rejected by the waiver system.
Again the waiver system is meant to save time for those entering and money for the government that's having to issue visas. It is not just an automatic yes/no system with 100% accuracy because then there would be no need for a visa system at all.
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u/shetooicey 3h ago
They were scheduled to talk on Tuesday, there’s no world where their manual visa is approved in 1 day.
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u/DARKKRAKEN 4h ago
Chances are they would have been blocked though as they were obviously on the radar.
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u/Sapper12D 4h ago
Maybe, but you cant run around telling people you were blocked if you didnt even actually try.
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u/Isphet71 3h ago
You can do exactly that, that's exactly what they did, and lots of people will beleive them.
Basically, anyone in the political space is lying and performing out of their ass. Don't beleive anything at all at face value - vet all information before adoption.
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u/toneysaproney 2h ago
Why are you guys lying when it is in the article that this was a specific manual action undertaken to cancel their travel authorisation?
“Britain's interior ministry said travel authorisation for "these individuals" had been cancelled as "their presence in the UK may not be conducive to the public good" in a statement that did not mention Israel.”
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u/Jebrowsejuste 4h ago
Commentator who named his show after the government that commited the triple Greek-Assyrian-Armenian genocide and his nephew who gave a glamour shot interview to a Houthi terrorist are so very left-wing and that's definitely why they got banned
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u/Free_Aardvark4392 3h ago
Also openly supports the terrorist group Hezbollah and tortures his dog live on stream.
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u/MelangeBot 1h ago
Hasan is only pro one thing and that's money.
He is neutral about everything else, except the jews which
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u/ChaggieRules 3h ago
These people are only left-wing to their dumb teenage audience. Hasan Piker notoriously leads a luxirious life and uses all the big capitalist brands while simping for actual terrorists.
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u/Vahir 1h ago
As everyone knows, you're not a true leftist unless you live in ascetic hermitage atop Mount Athos.
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u/yahoonews Yahoo News 4h ago
Reuters reports - Britain has blocked Cenk Uygur, a left-wing Turkish-American media personality, and his nephew, Hasan Piker, a U.S. left-wing commentator and influencer, from entering the country to speak at events, both said on Monday.
Uygur, who co-hosts the popular YouTube channel "The Young Turks", and Piker said they had been barred because of their views on Israel.
Britain's interior ministry said travel authorization for "these individuals" had been canceled as "their presence in the UK may not be conducive to the public good" in a statement that did not mention Israel.
They had been listed to speak at the SXSW London festival later this week, and at the University of Oxford this weekend.
"I've been banned for criticizing Israel. Are we free anymore?" Uygur posted, after he said he tried to board a flight.
Piker said: "The UK has revoked my visa as well. All at the behest of Israel."
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u/Iolair18 4h ago
I knew Piker started on TYT. Didn't realize he was Cenk Uygur's nephew.
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u/Plastic-Injury8856 1h ago
As an aside: Hasan actually quit TYT because of how anti-union Cenk is.
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u/Stardustger 4h ago
Just ask Cenk what happened to the Armenians. You won't leave much doubt left if he deserved the ban.
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u/beenman500 2h ago
Funny how both of them immidiately assumed isreal was the reason for their ban despite there being no evidence of such.
Almost like they are both anti semitic and blame isreal as a cover for blaming Jews.
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u/tismij 4h ago
They should stop calling them left-wing, they are NOT socialist or left in the slightest.
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u/Legitimate-Pay7594 4h ago
You don’t have to like them but if anything they are more on the tame side of socialists as far as being far left goes
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u/Cataphract1014 2h ago
I really dislike there is a section of the leftist crowd that is pushing to make Hasan some mainstream popular figure.
He is the last fucking person they should be trying to make mainstream.
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u/ManOnFire26 3h ago
I dunno, seems pretty warranted
- supports Hamas
- supports the Houthis
- supports Hezbollah
- supports PalestineAction’s terroristic activities in the UK
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u/Professional-Oil4964 4h ago
UK: Does something
Leftists Online: Israel is at it again!
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u/ManyVariation7038 1h ago
The left went from "antisemitism is bad" to "Jews run the world" so quickly it gave me whiplash
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u/Aedeus 3h ago
Bro even as a leftist it is tiring as fuck watching these guys shadowbox Israel 😭🥀
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u/Signal_Quarter_74 2h ago edited 46m ago
I am beside myself that leftists in the US care more about a politician being AIPAC funded than being bankrolled by billionaires or the policy of a politician. It’s infuriating and demoralizing
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u/CmonTouchIt 1h ago
Exactly....Especially since, in loudly espousing this shit, they claim to have FINALLY seen the light and dug through the bullshit and HERE is the truth about who's controlling us and it's like NO YOU FUCKING IDIOTS, YOURE GETTING WOOL PULLED OVER YOUR EYES YET AGAIN, HOW INSANE ARE YOU?!!!?
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u/DaNuker2 4h ago
Honestly getting tired of of people blaming everything on israel/Jews. It takes away from the actually bad shit they are doing
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u/Professional-Oil4964 4h ago
It's almost like the reason some people are so dedicated to the safety and well being of Israel is how many people blame Jews for everything.
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u/Tyfereth 4h ago
Piker said: "The UK has revoked my visa as well. All at the behest of Israel."
Piker traffics in antisemitic conspiracy theories and wonders why he gets banned. Its like dude you are a Twitch streamer who tortures your dog and simps for Houthi terrorists, Israel has more pressing concerns then whatever nonsense you're spouting on stream.
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u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo 4h ago
He said America deserved 9/11
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u/shetooicey 3h ago
He said that in 2019 and was in the UK multiple times since, the most recent being last year.
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u/Memphisbbq 1h ago
Perfect, get him out. We don't need a radical nourturing silver spoon whiny punk bitch trying to be the rallying cry of the working man. Hasan is not the one honey.
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u/Ferromagneticfluid 2h ago
The full context of that is due to Americans poking around in the Middle East, funding and training groups there, that something like 9 11 was a direct result of that and it wasn't really a surprise.
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u/SpiritedCatch1 1h ago
Basically the exact rethoric of Al Qaeda. No. 9/11 is the result of Al Qaeda. They are agents of their own action and not the mere consequence of western actions.
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u/sapphicsandwich 1h ago
Yeah, and that isn't even a particularly wild or unusual take.
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u/Tyfereth 3h ago
What "context" makes flying two jumbo jets into the twin towers and murdering 3,000 people ok?
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u/Dongsquad420Loki 3h ago
The whole context still doesnt make it okay and honestly crying contexr at everything is so weak
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u/slumslanger64 3h ago
Are americas geopolitical actions not allowed to be analyzed? Americans handwave their massacre of innocent vietnamese, iraqi and afghan civillians but 9/11 is a sacred cow. I suggest you read the article "Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens".
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u/Herpskate 3h ago edited 2h ago
America's poor foreign policy is not a justification for murdering innocent civilians. Holy shit dude.
Edit: The whataboutism people found this post so let me clarify my worldview. I'm opposed to innocent people DYING ANYWHERE ON PLANET EARTH. I don't give a shit who is doing the killing. The United States, Russia, China, France, the fucking Martians.... I DON'T CARE!
I want the advancement of working class people EVERYWHERE on planet Earth. I want all of us to live in peace and without fear.
I leave you with a quote from JFK:
"So, let us not be blind to our differences--but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
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u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo 3h ago
How many Vietnamese got massacred by the people working in the twin towers?
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u/beenman500 2h ago
People see this and don't stop and will in the same breath claim Hasan isn't anti-semitic.
Not all critisism of isreal is anti semitic in nature.
But saying the UK government is controlled by isreal clearly is. That's not a critisism of the isreali government given their total apparent lack of involvement in any of this
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u/tootaflute 4h ago
Left-wing commentators is a bit of a stretch.
They're political agitators that twist the facts to fit their own agendas.
Oh and Piker shocks his dog for daring to leave it's designated spot during his multi-hour long streams.
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u/TetrisandRubiks 2h ago
Yeah I consider myself a "leftist" but I wouldnt want to associate myself with these fucks.
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u/DDoubleDDog 2h ago
Good. Antisemites should be banned from everywhere. Bigotry and hate should not be tolerated.
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u/HuanFranThe1st 2h ago
- show named after a movement/government that commited multiple genocides (i.e. the Armenian genocide)
- full support for islamic fundamentalist terorrist groups (hezbollah, hamas, the houthis and others) as well as even having a houthi terrorist on his show/doing an interview
- condemning israel while being in full support for the CCP, glorifying communist murderers, all while living a wealthy, most capitalist life from their villas and mansions
These two are worthless pieces of shit. They’re wortheless rats that waste the air we breathe and their opinions about anything is beyond worthless.
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u/ConcentrateOne9539 3h ago
Never liked cenk or Hasan no idea why they ever got popular other than the same trend maga did
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u/PepperMill_NA 2h ago
Has Cenk Uygur changed? I haven't seen him for years but he used to be pretty mainstream.
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u/Propagation931 1h ago
left-wing US commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker
Ironically, isnt Cenk kinda a pariah in the left wing for having right wing opinions making him a bit more centrist or at least left of center now? At least I kinda recall him (and that one cohost) getting attacked by a lot of left wing CCs for having non left wing opinions. Not to mention his opposition to Unions I recall (although am not 100% sure on this as its kinda from memory).
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u/ChaggieRules 3h ago
Good. Both Cenk and Hasan aren't actually left-wing, they are anti-Semitic terrorist supporters who disguise their anti-Semitism by criticizing Israel and the US. These two men are closer to Tucker Carlson or Ben Shapiro than to actual left-wingers.
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u/DrMikeH49 27m ago
Which is why leftist political candidates in the US show up on Hassan’s stream and have him campaign with them?
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u/ShadeSilver90 2h ago
Tittle needs correction " UK blocks visit by terrorist supporters Jank and Hassan who are outspoken anti semetic agitators"
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u/Jaybrosia 1h ago
I'm sure his fans will be normal about this.
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u/Common_Pepper_1824 1h ago
They'll chime in more once the school day is over and their moms pick them up.
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u/FenrisCain 3h ago
Weird, but nice, to be proud of my country for once
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u/ManyVariation7038 2h ago
The UK has zero tolerance for terrorist supporters and I'm all for it
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u/thatpj 2h ago
and its the starmer government so they cant blame politics here. who knew there would consequences for saying inciting antisemitic shit online for hours? TYT has long been a grift just see ana kasperian going MAGA.
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u/wright764 1h ago
Ya, Ana Kasparian literally just sat down for a civil conversation with fucking Candace Owens, but somehow people still believe she's not just an antisemitic grifter.
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u/LeoDiamant 4h ago
Im American and pretty left wing yet have never heard of either these guys?
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u/NefariousLizardz 4h ago edited 4h ago
There's left wing, and there are tankies. Piker is tankie in sheeps clothing. Believes in authoritarian communism/socialism.
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u/Squish_the_android 4h ago
They are extreme left wing.
As an example, Hassan in particular doesn't just not support Israel he actively and openly supports Hamas.
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u/LeoDiamant 4h ago
Hamas is a rightwing authoritarian theocratic organization tho? So how does it make sense to label so e one supporting them leftwing?
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u/Squish_the_android 4h ago
He'd tell you that they're the lesser evil when compared to Israel. That October 7th was a justified resistance act and that claims of extreme violence and rape are overstated.
But he's not right wing at all, he's way further left than the typical Democrat in other areas and has supported Democrat candidates.
When you get to the extremes stuff starts to get weird. You can Google his stances. It's all very well documented.
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u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo 4h ago
Horseshoe
The left has become infected with sympathisers of Islamic fundamentalism, this has been a problem for years.
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u/mreman1220 3h ago
Hasan is the left's version Nick Fuentes. He hates Jews enough to actively support Hamas.
Hasan has also supported political candidates like Mamdani, AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Abdul Al Sayed. So yes, he's absolutely leftwing but extremist enough to support Hamas.
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u/abbadun 4h ago
Cenk hosts the Young Turks "News" show, was/is pretty big left wing "news" outlet on YT, and I don't put news in airquotes because it's leftwing, I do it because it's American, it's a lot of loud opinionated panelists making commentary on whatever major story is in the headlines that day.
It used to be a hotspot for atheists and leftwingers on YT until one of the hosts Ana Kasparian took a pretty hard swing rightward.
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u/ApplicationMaximum84 4h ago
I know Cent because he runs one of the oldest youtube new channels, TYT. When it started out it was a half decent news source, but it went downhill fast - the last time I recall watching it was during the democrat campaign for who would run for the presidential race in 2014.
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u/gary-vault108 3h ago
I remember finding them on tv back around like 2010-ish? I was very edgy-left wing back then, always trying to one up others on how left I could be but something about them seemed non-credible/ non-trustworthy back then. They just seemed way too one sided on what I could clearly see was nuanced on other news
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u/ApplicationMaximum84 3h ago
First saw them when I was finishing my masters degree back around 2005-06, it would have been low res. Most vids then were 480P or lower.
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u/Round_Lettuce8746 4h ago
Gotta be slightly clinically online to hear about Hasan
also think less left wing and just another political grifter
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u/tanimalz 3h ago
Better not to hear about this idiot. He couldnt even bring himself to endorse Kamala in 2024.
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u/CataphractBunny 2h ago
Good on the UK. The first guy said he would legalize bestiality, and the second genius abuses his dog and supports terrorists. No sane country would want these clowns entering their borders.
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u/Familiar-Ability6383 4h ago
Last month, some right wing reporter was denied UK entry, and she was complaining that Islamists are running UK. Now, left-wing reporters are getting banned and they are complaining that Jews are controlling UK. Who is actually controlling UK at this point?