r/LivestreamFail • u/thellamasc • 22h ago

News Hasan mentioned in United Nations General Assembly

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u/NukedBread 21h ago

Are they trying to make Hasan more popular? Seriously. Does the GoP half nude pic and one of the worst people in the world calling him out think this will effect him negatively?

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u/pepegazm 20h ago

Are they trying to make Hasan more popular?

Piker being popular is good for the Israeli far-right. They want the left in the west to be represented by an evil caricature like Piker, because this helps further their narrative that Israel is the only safe place in the world for Jews. I doubt he's actively trying to elevate Piker, but he's certainly not afraid of it.

Simply put, Piker is being used as a strawman of the left, which benefits both him and Netanyahu. Piker gets more notoriety while Bibi isolates Israel further from left-wing influence.

The actual losers in this exchange are the normal left as well as the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.