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So this non-serving ass clown wants OTHER people to sign up for a draft to protect his “unparalleled freedoms and opportunities” while he sits back and enjoys them. Says our freedoms are the envy of the world. My brother, have you ever even left the country? Because nothing says “unparalleled freedom” like going bankrupt from a hospital visit, watching your kids do active shooter drills, and needing a draft to staff a military that already has the biggest budget on the planet. But sure, the whole world is just green with envy. Absolutely seething. They’re over there with their universal healthcare and paid parental leave just WISHING they could be us.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 98 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oooh ok, please be the first in line then rob.

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[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 67 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Rob Schneider is a stapler

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 48 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I didn't know who he was so I looked him up on Wikipedia. Apparently he's a fucking moron.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 weeks ago

That he is. South Park made fun of him a lot back in the day

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Most of the time comments like this make me feel old, since I would imagine the majority of people my age absolutely know who he is without even thinking about it. But this time it makes me feel good knowing that even now there's gonna be a ton of people who never heard of him before and that will keep growing as time goes on.

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[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Derp de deedly derp

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

And an idiot

[–] hesh@quokk.au 50 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Who cares what Rob Schneider thinks?

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Seriously. This is news? How?

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Classic chickenhawk, lives 60-something years without serving in military, and now thinks other people should serve in the military.

I was going to call him a joke, but then that would give him more credit than he is due.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

Jokes are funny, which he is not.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sorry, I don't take geopolitical advice from a man whose most notable acting roles included starring in The Hot Chick.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think his most notable role was a bit character in Waterboy. "You can do it!".

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

It's also worth remembering that the character in question was simultaneously incredibly vicious, stupid and naive.

He may not have even been acting, now that I think about it.

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Is Schneider a Pedo? Why is he supporting pedo policies? Sounds like a pedo to me.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I have long believed that only pedos (or wannabes) defend pedos. Everyone else is too viscerally repulsed to get anywhere near it, even with mere words.

So yeah, I unironically see a pedo defender and think, "Pedo."

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 weeks ago

Invading other countries has nothing to do with your "freedom".

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Iran hasn't done anything to me, but Trump has.

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[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Send every single person in ICE first then the children of politicians. None are allowed cushy office jobs. All must be boots on the ground.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 5 points 2 weeks ago

lol. ICE fighting combatants? Nah, they prefer to go after little old grannies who are bothering no one.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 weeks ago

You first, fucko.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 weeks ago

What an immensely punchable face.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Exactly what freedom is being threatened by Iran? The freedom to distract people from the Epstein files maybe?

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Shut up, Rob, no one cares what you think.

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[–] FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"The only way we can have freedom is by killing some brown people who have done nothing to us." - Some fucking douchebag moron

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Lets draft all those who voted for Trump first. They brought up this mess, they should clean it.

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Friendly Reminder that you can avoid the draft by coming out as trans.

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Rob Schneider, fucking idiot, says something fashy to remind people he still exists after being functionally unemployed for a decade

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[–] 4grams@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The army drafting rob schneider sounds exactly like a rob schneider movie plot.

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I just watched an episode of Last Week Tonight where Rob said some nice things about Victor Orban, or something along those lines. Not that Rob really ever had any credibility but anything he had is now gone.

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[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Its free to say nothing.

He's been a piece of shit for a long time but I also wonder if shit like this is a conservative cash grab. Like he's gonna start saying the reason he doesn't make as much money as he wants is liberal backlash to the horrendous shit he says, as opposed to him just being a nepo hack. Then waits for conservative offers to roll in and plaster his face around their circuit of ghouls for easy money.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago

Because we need even more parallels with Vietnam? I mean I kinda agree but for opposite reasons. The draft is how we got people breaking into the FBI offices and revealing cointelpro. Maybe a draft will motivate enough of us to liberated the rest of the Epstein files.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 8 points 2 weeks ago

What a lapdog piece of shit.

[–] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

How is starting a war of aggression supposed to “protect freedoms”?

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Anyo e advocating for the military service for others should put their money where their mouth is and sign up, regardless of age.

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[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Rob, have you tried just not saying anything? Come on, try it...

You can do it!

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Why are people listening to Rob Schneider?

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He's just the worst. I hope Sandler stops giving him a paycheck.

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[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Say the literal one dimension comedian. How many times has Adam Sandler kept you in SAG?

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

As someone who served 20 years in the US military... we created the Reserves so we don't ever have to enact a draft again. There are enough people serving in the Reserves to cover us if we go to war. It's our compromise to avoid drafting people ever again.

Heck, I joined just before the Iraq war started back in the early 2000s and folks in the Reserves were shocked to find out they were tagged to go to war first. The active duty military is already running operations around the globe; we can't just abandon all our bases and active missions to run to war. So we sent in the Reserves first to set up shop and create a stable environment before moving active duty personnel and resources to the region. As an active duty member, working for a deployment squadron at the time, I didn't actually see Iraq until 2007.

To be more precise, there are career fields in the military that are designed specifically for boots-on-ground operations, and those active duty career fields were technically the first members to go to war. But after an area was secured, then we'd send in Reserves behind them to help set up and maintain local bases and operations until active duty could eventually filter in and take over full-time.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Our freedoms still aren't hiding in the middle east. This is despite the fact that every time the government goes there some of our freedoms go missing

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking clown

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Rob Schneider can go fuck himself. He's a pathetic no-talent hack who's fallen ass-backwards into money. And because of that he now thinks he's some sort of genius. In truth, he's a dunce.

[–] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Draft = you dont actually have freedom. I've said it since I was a child and the only response I get is "well they don't/won't actually use it". Well, enjoy either dying for what you don't believe in or going to prison. Y'know, that place that has legal slave labor.

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Shut the fuck up you bootlicking has been

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What "freedoms" does he think are being threatened by Iran?

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[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hey rob, come draft this turd out of my ass.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder whether Mr Schneider can point to any of those hard-won freedoms in this, Mr Trump's second year of 4.

I agree that freedoms must sometimes be won, but without any freedoms in evidence it's a hard sell.

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