Rob Schneider: Democracies don't end well. We are sliding very fast towards fascism

[davidn3600]

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Chris Stigall spoke with comedian Rob Schneider on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT about the struggle comedians face in today’s current political environment.

Schneider struck on ominous tone when discussing the path he sees the country on.

“Democracies don’t end well. We are sliding very fast towards fascism. It’s an ugly kind of thing. There’s this kind of mob mentality that we have to be careful of,” he said.

He believes comedians are pressured toward one side of the political spectrum.

“There’s a polarization that’s happening…I do think you look can look at government and go, ‘Wow, it is out of control now,’ and if you do criticize or tend to be not directly along a liberal stand, you can get murdered,” Schneider commented.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/05/02/rob-schneider-tells-chris-stigall-we-are-sliding-very-fast-towards-fascism/

[shenmue]

1. He's hopped the fence into Victora Jackson-style craziness

I don't know who could have a better life than a movie star, but hey, I guess if you listen to too much Glen Beck, stuff happens to your brain.

[Cha]

15. lol.. there's just no accounting how some people are snatched into

the dark side.. and others are swathed in

shenmue

[MohRokTah]

22. I call it the Dennis Miller Syndrome.

SNL Alumni go completely insane and become the farthest of the rar right wingnuts.

[Scootaloo]

2. Well thank goodness we finally have Rob Schneider's input on the situation

[OilemFirchen]

3. I can't analyze realpolitik until Jerry Mathers weighs in.

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After all, he is still the Beaver.

[MohRokTah]

24. Ward, you were awfully hard on The Beaver last night. eom

[GeorgeGist]

4. In polite society we call it ...

capitalism.

[Obnoxious_One]

5. Smear him! Attack!!!

He's either with us or against us!

Check his background and bring up unflattering, unrelated issues to breed hate against him.
Thanks team!

[eShirl]

14. isn't being Rob Schneider punishment enough?

[Cha]

16. haha.. :)

[Obnoxious_One]

20. Having a net worth of 82 million and a gorgeous wife? Punishment?

[VanillaRhapsody]

26. Its that 82 Million he is concerned about.....

the old "I got mine F.U." mentality....(don't remind him he made that money by being a buffoon for the camera)

[eShirl]

37. no; waking up, looking in the mirror and seeing Rob Schneider staring back at you

[woo me with science]

38. You nailed it.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could stop dancing to the partisan Kabuki and instead unite as a nation against vicious corporate policies, no matter which party or purchased politician is hawking them?

[bobduca]

6. Schneider is a comedian?

Talk about burying the lede! #rimshot

[Cha]

17. yeah, you're funnier.. :)

[BlueStater]

7. Stick to making horrible movies, Rob.

Otherwise, if I ever wanted to see such gifts to cinema such as a woman with a penis for a nose "sneezing" into some guy's soup at a restaurant and he unknowingly eats it, I'd be out of luck.*

*Yes, that actually happened in Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo, shown in all its unedited glory on cable TV. I was merely channel surfing at the time and happened to catch that scene. Thanks, Spike TV.

[NuclearDem]

8. Derpity derp!

[NightWatcher]

9. Listen up Deuce Bigelow, stick to riding Adam Sandler's coat tails

[Cha]

18. really.. does he get his "wisdom" from Adam Sandler?

[Iggo]

10. Deeeeerrrrrrrrp!

[Wounded Bear]

11. Actually, I think he's right...

probably for the wrong reasons, but chalk it up to a blind squirrel and all that.

[Katashi_itto]

27. I agree with you. However it's his party thats sliding us to fascism.

[JaneyVee]

12. Yes, Republicans do have a mob mentality.

[Obnoxious_One]

13. Rob Schnieder must be a communist!

He sounds like a Putinista. Can someone please copy a bunch of links that are unrelated to the substance of what he said?

Preferably something about him having stacks of boxes in his garage.

[VanillaRhapsody]

28. The stacks of boxes in this case are filled with the cash he made making a fool of himself...

there does that make you feel better?

[JoePhilly]

34. He sounds like a RWer.

[Obnoxious_One]

39. No worse! a libertarian!

Don't mind me I'm just warming up my Smiley attack...

[JoePhilly]

41. No real difference in today's GOP.

[Nye Bevan]

19. Yep. Magna Carta was signed in England in 1215.

And I'm sure fascism will be arriving there any day now.

[TBF]

21. He's right about the press -

but I don't get what he's saying about the schools. Obama's administration has been completely against the public schools and replacing them with magnets/for profit. So I think he's wrong about that statement.

Nobody is getting "killed" for not being a liberal, unless he meant that as metaphor. You can get metaphorically attacked by certain parties on this website, for example, if you don't march lockstop with the administration. I think that is unfortunate because many of us have mixed feelings about the president's progress. I couldn't stand his Arne Duncan appointment, for example, but I do think his Supreme Court picks have been good.

[VanillaRhapsody]

29. Obama is NOT "completely against public schools"

that's just a ridiculous statement on its face....

[TBF]

31. Here we go again -

please feel free to give examples of where he has helped public schools. I see Arne Duncan focused on breaking the teachers' unions, pushing the for-profit schools as evidenced by the $$$ available for those, and tons of $$$ being spent on standardized testing (which started with Bush and has continued rather than stopped). I'm willing to look at any evidence but in my judgment Arne Duncan has been horrible. JMO. Like I said, I can name other things Obama has done that are good or even great - signing the Lily Ledbetter act, Obamacare (not perfect but better than what we had), excellent Supreme Court picks. Like many things I see it as a mixed bag.

[VanillaRhapsody]

32. Okay....Arne Duncan is horrible in your judgement....

but it is quite the leap to say "President Obama is against public schools". Hyperbolic much...GMAFB!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education

[TBF]

33. Let's take this example from your link -

"Administration has worked across several initiatives to support teachers, including by recruiting top talent to the profession, increasing accountability of teacher preparation programs, supporting the rethinking of traditional compensation and advancement models, promoting educator collaboration, and re-engaging communities in their schools."

How are they going to recruit top talent? Are they going to pay more? How are they going to do that? What does "rethinking of traditional compensation and advancement models" mean? How are they going to "re-engage communities in their schools"?

Lots of flowery platitudes but nothing in terms of details in how they will actually accomplish these goals & what affects it will have on people. Public schools in this country are largely run by local school boards. How are they going to attract top talent and pay them in rural areas? The federal government would have to propose grants I would imagine. So far "rethinking traditional compensation" has meant putting Teach for America type inexperienced "teachers" into flailing schools and paying them very low salaries.

I know that Bush started these initiatives but continuing his nonsense is a big mistake.

[tblue37]

23. On SNL Shneider had one running routine that I actually found slightly amusing once in a while--

when he played a low-level office worker who kept calling people one stupid name after another: e.g., Rob, Robbie, the Robster, Robman, Robilini, Robbish, Super Rob, etc.

Once when Satan (and Death another time) comes in, the character so annoys him with the endless nicknames that it drives him out of the office.

[randome]

25. Sure, democracies don't end well. Ours is 238 years old so OBVIOUSLY we're falling apart.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Aspire to inspire.[/center][/font][hr]

[spanone]

30. who?

[rudolph the red]

35. Fuck that guy

[rock]

36. I called "shotgun" on this view as early as election 2000

The conservatives clearly went from a position of counting votes and peacefully handing over power to those that won to a take by force position.

[VOX]

40. Not surprising, in that Adam Sandler's his best friend...

Sandler (long-time Republican, big Giuliani supporter) has produced much of the money-losing garbage movies that feature Schneider.