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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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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago

Why are people listening to Rob Schneider?

[–] FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 day 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

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

I didn't see him at Fallujah when it was his turn to die for his country.

Curious that he's discovered a love of mandatory conscription so late in life

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He's caused more harm to the US than Iran ever has.

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Trump or Schneider?

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a matter of fact the real war would be civil war.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Finish up what the Union army needed to do to the South at the end of the war.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

The biggest hotbeds of Confederate activity in the modern era can be found in Silicon Valley and Washington DC.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

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

You can do it!

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

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 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.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

dude's apex was the 'making copies' guy on SNL. one bit.

all downhill from there. he's a no-service shitbag who wants to say other people's kids should be conscripted.

all of this ignores the enormous harm a draft would do to our military - because I guarantee you the rich still won't serve, they'll all have bone spurs and asthma that fixes itself after a decade. and the poor will have to serve instead.

meanwhile, today, we have one of the best militaries in the world because the people serving genuinely want to be there - either for the service itself or benefits after - and all of this ignores the giant elephant in the room: conscription's great for meat waves.

anything requiring skill gets fucked. small unit tactics take ages to learn. logistical operations take longer. and you're not going to get conscripts in the backbone combat service and support units because that shit takes even longer to teach than infantry stuff. two year hitch? hell that's just barely enough time to get through basic, AIT and airborne school. that's when you're qualified to no longer be a danger to your fellow servicepeople.

I don't want to serve with conscripted people who are gonna get high/fucked up and get us all murdered. we saw what happened in vietnam, no thanks.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's also ignoring the possibility of folks like myself being conscripted, wherein I would be looking for the biggest how can I fuck everyone over situation. I see human life as cheap including my own, now imagine what I would consider acceptable casualties?

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Our freedom to kill brown people?

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 3 points 1 day ago

they're brown.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day 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.

[–] dasrael@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

More attention grabbing comments from the most unserious buffoon of an "actor".

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I dunno man. The US doesn’t seem very free anymore.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 day 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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[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Let's not use 'unemployed' in a pejorative way.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

You first Rob.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

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[–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

what freedoms is iran taking from us citizens? trump is taking rights away.

how fucked in the head do you have to be to say we need the draft for this bullshit war. after 9/11 the majority of the country was united in a response yet ibdont remember hearing "bring back this draft". now this stupisld war and i have heard it a few times in the last week.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 14 points 1 day ago

What a lapdog piece of shit.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 158 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

you will only be known as adam sandlers side kick, and Mooching off of his fame and success like a vulture.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

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

He can schniff my sweaty taint for all I care. The dude never served, and is now advocating to force others to do it. Just to protect pedophiles.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 119 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Rob Schneider is a stapler

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 70 points 2 days ago (6 children)

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

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[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days 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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[–] hesh@quokk.au 84 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Who cares what Rob Schneider thinks?

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 80 points 2 days ago (2 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.

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 74 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The asswipe had two choices, serve Uncle Sam or the IDF. Did he? Nope and he can piss in the wind.

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