{"id":116513,"date":"2014-05-02T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=fd18bd00adefd8181aaa5869c4c95f06"},"modified":"2014-05-02T21:23:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T21:23:16","slug":"rob-schneider-america-sliding-very-fast-towards-fascism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/rob-schneider-america-sliding-very-fast-towards-fascism\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Schneider: America \u2018Sliding Very Fast Towards Fascism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">By Susan Duclos<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7o92loFo9Fo\/U2QMVbRWCTI\/AAAAAAAATMg\/xG6Zz4ja2Bg\/s1600\/Fascism.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7o92loFo9Fo\/U2QMVbRWCTI\/AAAAAAAATMg\/xG6Zz4ja2Bg\/s1600\/Fascism.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/fascism\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Fascism<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Actor and comedian Rob Schneider joins Chris Stigall and discusses the current state of America, where he asserts that &#8220;We are sliding very fast towards fascism. It\u2019s an ugly kind of thing. There\u2019s this kind of mob mentality that we have to be careful of.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Listen below to that short clip:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KsBaW-hFhAg\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">A former Democrat, Schnieder also claims that comedians are pressured to favor liberalism, stating &#8220;There\u2019s a polarization that\u2019s happening\u2026I do think you look can look at government and go, \u2018Wow, it is out of control now,\u2019 and if you do criticize or tend to be not directly along a liberal stand, you can get murdered.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">His direct comments about Obama are not very favorable either, where he points out that Obama&#8217;s policies have been bad for businesses and his economic polices are a disaster, to paraphrase.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>&#8220;There\u2019s not one segment of business under the Obama administration that hasn\u2019t been hurt\u2026he attacks for-profit schools, which is totally an elitist thing from a guy that went to Harvard. I think for free, by the way,\u201d Schneider said.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>He was also critical of the media for being overly influenced by the government and not standing up for the American people.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really have freedom of the press. It\u2019s owned by about eight different companies, and it doesn\u2019t really express or help the average American,\u201d Schneider stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Readers can listen to the whole show <a href=\"http:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/2014\/05\/02\/rob-schneider-tells-chris-stigall-we-are-sliding-very-fast-towards-fascism\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" >HERE<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Cross posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/b4in.info\/pZ9r\" >Before It&#8217;s News<\/a><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/blogspot\/rnoHn\/~4\/IP68GOqzAP4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>By Susan Duclos<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7o92loFo9Fo\/U2QMVbRWCTI\/AAAAAAAATMg\/xG6Zz4ja2Bg\/s1600\/Fascism.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7o92loFo9Fo\/U2QMVbRWCTI\/AAAAAAAATMg\/xG6Zz4ja2Bg\/s1600\/Fascism.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><br \/><\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/fascism\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fascism<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.<\/em><\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span>Actor and comedian Rob Schneider joins Chris Stigall and discusses the current state of America, where he asserts that &#8220;We are sliding very fast towards fascism. It&rsquo;s an ugly kind of thing. There&rsquo;s this kind of mob mentality that we have to be careful of.&#8221;<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span>Listen below to that short clip:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span>A former Democrat, Schnieder also claims that comedians are pressured to favor liberalism, stating &#8220;There&rsquo;s a polarization that&rsquo;s happening&hellip;I do think you look can look at government and go, &lsquo;Wow, it is out of control now,&rsquo; and if you do criticize or tend to be not directly along a liberal stand, you can get murdered.&#8221;<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span>His direct comments about Obama are not very favorable either, where he points out that Obama&#8217;s policies have been bad for businesses and his economic polices are a disaster, to paraphrase.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There&rsquo;s not one segment of business under the Obama administration that hasn&rsquo;t been hurt&hellip;he attacks for-profit schools, which is totally an elitist thing from a guy that went to Harvard. I think for free, by the way,&rdquo; Schneider said.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>He was also critical of the media for being overly influenced by the government and not standing up for the American people.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t really have freedom of the press. It&rsquo;s owned by about eight different companies, and it doesn&rsquo;t really express or help the average American,&rdquo; Schneider stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Readers can listen to the whole show <a href=\"http:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/2014\/05\/02\/rob-schneider-tells-chris-stigall-we-are-sliding-very-fast-towards-fascism\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>Cross posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/b4in.info\/pZ9r\" target=\"_blank\">Before It&#8217;s News<\/a><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/blogspot\/rnoHn\/~4\/IP68GOqzAP4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-116513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorials"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}