Hasan Piker, who was supposed to debate Charlie Kirk, on the state of free speech
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Hasan Piker was livestreaming on Twitch when news broke that conservative activist Charlie Kirk had been shot while speaking at a Utah university.
"Holy s***," Piker said after seeing a grisly video of Kirk being shot in the neck and warned viewers not to watch. "America is so absolutely f***ed."
Piker, who was scheduled to debate the late founder of Turning Point USA at Dartmouth College in late September, describes himself as a counterpart to Kirk on the ideologically opposite side. He has amassed a huge following through video game streaming and discussing politics online.
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