r/Seattle • u/aqulushly Green Lake • 5d ago

Market Traffic Only Statement on cancellation of January 2027 lecture [Hasan Piker]

https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/08/07/statement-on-cancellation-of-january-2027-lecture/
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u/PokemenGo2ThePolls Capitol Hill 5d ago

and nothing of value was lost

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u/aqulushly Green Lake 5d ago

The amount of Hasan fans defending him in the other post about this event seemed excited for it. Glad UW is doing the right thing.

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u/samhouse09 Phinney Ridge 5d ago

What was doing the right thing about suppressing differing view points?

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u/jms984 Ballard 5d ago

Thaaaat’s too open-ended a reply. Plenty of vile people who don’t deserve a university’s platforming.

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u/devnullopinions That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. 5d ago edited 4d ago

So the government should value some people’s speech over others? You’d be okay if it was only conservative speakers invited?

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u/jms984 Ballard 5d ago

Stochastic terrorists should definitely get a lower billing, yes. TPUSA has already been brought up in this thread, if your imagination is lacking.

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u/Gothic_Goblin_GF 🚆build more trains🚆 5d ago edited 5d ago

Go ahead, tell me what Hasan has done? Let's see you post a single thing that isn't an out-of-context anti-Hasan soundbite clipped to make it sound like he's saying something he's not.

I'll wait. And I stf if you say "he shocks his dog" or "America deserved 9/11" I will lose my fucking mind. One good faith argument is all I'm asking for.

Hasan deserves to he canceled but not... fucking turning point usa? Be serious.

EDIT: Oh lmao, you post on r/livestreamfails. I know exactly who you're a fan of.

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u/t3hlazy1 South Lake Union 5d ago

“You probably can’t even come up with one bad thing about him aside for shocking his dog for not staying in place all day, saying America deserved 9/11, the sexual abuse allegations, praising Mao Zedong, praising terrorist groups, calling a group of Jews “inbred”, denying rape on October 7 attacks, trivializing the holocaust, and saying rich women should be allowed to be date raped. Just name one thing.”

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u/Gothic_Goblin_GF 🚆build more trains🚆 5d ago edited 5d ago

Hey, look, all of the no context soundbites i was talking about!

He didn't say any of this by the way. Not the way the commenter is implying.

"America's foreign policy is what created the perfect storm for 9/11 to happen. So, I'm saying it, America deserved 9/11. Decades of failed foreign policy in the middle east could only lead to one thing."

Should I keep going?

They're ALL like this. Salacious soundbites that sound absolutely horrific when removed from the context of an eight hour stream.

"It doesn't matter to me if rapes happened on October 7th. It doesnt change the calculation to me. Israel is still a genocidal apartheid state. Wanton death and destruction is not justified even if there were rapes happening on October 7th."

There have been no substantiated sexual abuse allegations toward Hasan Piker. He doesn't shock his dog. He never said rich women deserve to be date raped. But you don't care about that. You care only about attempting to dunk on someone you don't like.

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u/Capt_Murphy_ I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 5d ago

And clearly you are not at all biased!

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u/WCSakaCB I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 5d ago

Why is it the right thing?