Why does he need to be defended? Does he actually contribute to the issues he is concerned with in any way that doesn’t also benefit his brand? How would any streamer, regardless of their professed politics, be worth anything to a revolutionary process? Why is he not a mere spectacle?
I personally don’t think people should defend his poor behaviour and that the “online left” collectively deciding to hitch their bandwagon to Hasan years ago was a bad decision, but that’s just my opinion. Most people on the online left disagree with me on that one.
I’ll never watch a twitch politics steamer, sorry. Pretty much all of them always seem to double down when proven wrong or caught up in any controversy, when apologising would go a long way. Since when has apologising become a bad thing/negative/weak? Admitting fault and moving on is an important part of maturing. All these streamers seem like 30+ year old people acting like kids.