But Hasan said the Hezbollah flag was his favorite.

In the Fear& conversation, the hosts ask each other about their favorite flags. Hasan answers “Hezbollah,” calls it “a dope flag,” and points to the AK and the raised hand in the emblem. The circulating clip preserves those words, including the awkward joke that they may have to cut the segment.

The institutional context matters. Hezbollah is a Lebanese political party with elected members of parliament and a parliamentary bloc; the current chamber includes a 13-member Hezbollah bloc. Its armed wing operates separately from the Lebanese Armed Forces and has its own command. Supporters call that force the resistance and point to its role fighting the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, which ended with Israel's withdrawal in 2000. “Lebanese resistance movement” describes how it functions and is understood by supporters; “Lebanon's official defense force” is inaccurate.

The immediate clip is banter about the flag's design. In his May 2025 debate with Ethan Klein, Hasan said he had “no issue” with the way Hezbollah defended southern Lebanon and with its militancy against Israel, which he described as a genocidal state.

When Ethan asks about Hezbollah's role in Syria, Hasan says he has a problem with those actions, says harming civilians is wrong, acknowledges Hezbollah collaborated with Assad, and says he may have been wrong about an earlier claim that Hezbollah had killed more Muslims than the IDF. His stated position supports what he sees as resistance against Israel, alongside criticism of specific conduct elsewhere.

The fuller record shows aesthetic praise, explicit support for Hezbollah’s anti-Israel militancy, and stated opposition to attacks on civilians and the group’s conduct in Syria.