H3H3 Productions' Ethan Klein believes his criticism of HasanAbi was what led to the Child Protective Services (CPS) controversy. For context, some believe that r/h3snark, a subreddit dedicated to criticizing the H3 Podcast, allegedly called CPS and gave them the Kleins' home address, making allegations of child mistreatment.
Klein later addressed the situation, expressing anger at r/h3nark and claiming he would be taking the situation to court. The H3H3 founder also believed Hasan played an indirect role in the agenda against him online.
Essentially, Ethan Klein claimed that the backlash he receives is collective, targeted, and "all-encompassing," suggesting that certain communities on most major social media platforms have things to say against H3H3. He also insisted that this very collective supports HasanAbi, an individual known for his left-leaning politics and pro-Palestine ideologies, and who Klein has been mired in an online back-and-forth for years:
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"Every time I push back, I get buried two times over. There's like this infrastructure from Reddit to Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, everywhere, and it's so all-encompassing, I don't blame Hasan for thinking that he's the Palestinian movement because that's how people treat him. If you criticize Hasan, you get CPS called [on you]."
Regarding collective movements, Klein recently referred to the r/h3snark community as an "organized harassment campaign" against him and his wife, Hila.
"Ethan should be your best ally": Ethan Klein suggests Hasan should be on the same page regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict
Hila felt that Hasan's pro-Palestinian opinions are "extreme" and leave little room for a reasonable conversation between both sides of the political spectrum:
"All he's doing is actually the opposite, pushing people away from the movement, because you have to be so extreme or you're against it, and he leaves no room in the middle for reasonable voices that want to care about the Palestinian cause but don't wanna be ok with terrorism."
While addressing HasanAbi, Ethan Klein paraphrased a few comments from YouTuber Hutch, who has consistently reported on the Klein-Piker drama. To sum it up, Hutch had claimed that Hasan should reconcile with Klein and find common ground because the latter is a "liberal Jewish man" and also "pro-Palestinian.
"[Hutch said] 'Ethan should be your best ally, he's a liberal Jewish man, who's a dual citizen to Israel...he's pro-Palesntinin... you guys treat him like he’s a genocide N*zi, it just lampoons the whole movement'."
In his "Content Nuke" video released on January 31, 2025, Ethan Klein criticized HasanAbi, alleging that he promotes extremist content, radicalizes his audience, and supports the Chinese Communist Party. Additionally, he also accused Twitch of showing favoritism towards the political commentator.
