# Is it Time to Tone Down the Wokeness, Especially about the Past?

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**Created:** [November 15, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-tone-down-the-wokeness-especially-about-the-past/1010287 "2024-11-15T15:14:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-tone-down-the-wokeness-especially-about-the-past/1010287/241 "2024-11-19T00:17:30Z")

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> [@Banquet\_Bear](#):
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> Probably the most prominent left-wing person to make headway in this space is Hasan Piker. He is most notably _not_ white. And he is _unabashedly_ pro-Palestinian, something that puts him at odds with establishment Democrats, with the likes of Rep. Ritchie Torres actually calling for a probe into his “rhetoric”.

That’s because he’s also unabashedly pro-Hezbollah and pro-Houthi… He’s precisely the poster child of people who completely cross the line from pro Palestinian to pro Hamas.

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