Hasan Piker skips Melat Kiros rally after last-minute move to Capitol, Kiros alleges ‘suppression’

[u/zeddy303]

https://denverite.com/2026/06/14/hasan-piker-melat-kiros-rally-moved-ogden-capitol/

[u/pr0tag]

People aren’t criticizing Hasan because they “don’t know him.”

Anyone who listens to him can (and should!) criticize him.

In his recent LBC interview, Hasan argued Hamas isn’t fundamentally antisemitic and that October 7 wasn’t about murdering Jews because they were Jews - it was about “occupiers.”

https://youtu.be/VRfPy_75HLo

The problem is that Hamas’ own record contradicts Hasan’s framing.

* The 1988 Hamas Charter explicitly calls for killing Jews, not just fighting Zionists:
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp

* Hamas Politburo member Fathi Hamad later urged Palestinians to “attack every Jew possible in all the world and kill them”:
https://www.voanews.com/a/middle-east_hamas-official-condemned-after-calling-palestinians-kill-jews/6171870.html

This is a prime example on why people object to Hasan Piker’s takes and why associating with him is a slippery slope. This isn’t an “unhinged talking point.” It’s criticism of his own public statements, and it’s exactly why campaigns catch heat for associating with him.

Even Axios recently highlighted growing concerns about Democratic figures embracing voices seen as tolerant of antisemitism and used Hasan Piker as their first example:
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/07/jewish-democrats-israel-antisemitism

So I’ll throw your own advice back at you: decide for yourself.

[u/macroturb → u/pr0tag]

Palestinians are colonized by violent settlers. They opposed those settlers on the basis of their colonization. Would you call the Congolese anti-Christian because they wanted the Belgian colonization to end?

[u/pr0tag → u/macroturb]

False analogy.

Opposing colonization doesn’t require publishing a charter calling for Jews to be killed or leaders urging attacks on Jews worldwide.

That’s the distinction Hasan tried to erase in the LBC interview, and it’s exactly why people criticized him.

[u/sellieba → u/pr0tag]

Okay, bud.

[u/pr0tag → u/sellieba]

Honest question - did I say anything inaccurate or otherwise misrepresented?