Socialist streamer Hasan Piker made repeated “ballsack” references during a crude exchange on social media with an X user who was in utero when their mother escaped the World Trade Center on 9/11.
The dispute began after the X user, who goes by Basil and posts under the handle @LinkofSunshine, shared their mother’s survival story on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“25 years ago, my mom was pregnant with me in the World Trade Center,” Basil wrote. “Over the loudspeaker, there were announcements to stay seated. Thankfully, almost everyone at her company decided to evacuate down the stairs instead.”
25 years ago, my mom was pregnant with me in the World Trade Center. Over the loudspeaker, there were announcements to stay seated.
Thankfully, almost everyone at her company decided to evacuate down the stairs instead. https://t.co/YiqnHX4Elz
— Basil🧡 (@LinkofSunshine) September 11, 2026
Basil said their mother escaped the building and watched from the ground as the towers collapsed, leaving her “covered in soot and dust.” The X user, who apparently uses they/them pronouns, also recounted how a New Jersey resident used a personal boat to transport people from Battery Park across the Hudson River.
In a separate post, Basil said Americans appeared to be taking the 25th anniversary of the attacks more seriously than previous anniversaries.
Piker, who has previously said America “deserved” the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history, responded by attacking Basil’s age and arguing that the defining legacy of 9/11 was the subsequent Global War on Terror.
“You are 24 years old,” Piker wrote. “Last time americans [sic] were whipped up into a frenzy over muslims [sic] like this you were protein in your fathers ballsack.”
“Millions of people were slaughtered,” he continued. “The GWOT is largely credited with why americas [sic] standard of living diminished. We forgot THAT lesson.”
Basil shared a screenshot of Piker’s response after he deleted it. Piker then returned with another reference to Basil’s father.
Piker responded to Basil’s tweet with more defiance.
“I never blocked you, and i deleted it since i found out you were not protein in your fathers ballsack, but instead in your mothers womb,” Piker wrote. “Point still stands about gwot and subsequent cynical usage of the horrors of 9/11.”
i never blocked you, and i deleted it since i found out you were not protein in your fathers ballsack, but instead in your mothers womb. point still stands about gwot and subsequent cynical usage of the horrors of 9/11. glad your mother made it out. i don’t think you disagree w…
— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) September 15, 2026
“Glad your mother made it out. i don’t think you disagree w what i’m saying about how we eroded civil liberties/ waged endless costly and bloody wars since 9/11,” he added.
The exchange sparked disgust and outrage, including from Democratic strategist Yemisi Egbewole, who took a shot at Piker’s language.
“The repeat mentions of his dad’s ballsack is really weird, by the way,” she said.
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