Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has yet to take the podium at Cornell University, but he's already facing sharp backlash from critics who say his presence reflects deeper issues at the core of campus culture.The event, which is part of the "Students Not Bombs" campaign, is being hosted on Sept.24 by the university's chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).Piker has a history of making controversial remarks, and famously said that America "deserved" 9/11, a statement that he later walked back and apologized for.
He is also a vocal critic of Israel and U.S.foreign policy.WHO IS HASAN PIKER? MEET THE FAR-LEFT STREAMER WHO IS STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY AND DIVIDING DEMOCRATSHasan Piker's scheduled event at Cornell University is sparking controversy over his past statements.
(Florencia Tan Jun/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images)Critics have already spoken out against the event, with the university's Hillel calling Piker's commentary "repulsive" in a statement posted to social media."The university is a place to learn, to argue, to explore, and to debate.Mr.
Piker's views, however, go against our values as Americans and Jews, and his hateful, antisemitic rhetoric is repulsive," Grinspoon Hillel at Cornell said in a statement.For William Jacobson, a clinical professor and director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, Piker's appearance on campus is not a one-off event, rather it represents what he calls a "campaign of intimidation.""It's not really surprising to me that the anti-Israel groups on campus have invited as incendiary a speaker as Hasan Piker.In fact, it's very much in keeping with the tactics of intimidation that they've been doing really as long as I've been at Cornell — which is approaching 19 years — but which has ramped up dramatically after October 7," Jacobson told Fox News Digital.JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE AT A ‘CROSSING POINT’ A...