Alicia Keys says women just want equal rights — and the internet responds

Comedian Rob Schneider’s response to Alicia Keys’ July 4th whining about women’s rights is earning cheers on the Internet.

While the rest of the United States was busy celebrating the 250th birthday of the greatest nation on the planet, singer Alicia Keys turned the moment into a demand for “equal rights.”

Well, Schneider didn’t take too kindly to this.

Look:

“Did you know that it’s been 100 years since the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced? And now, still, women don’t have an explicit guarantee to equal rights under the U.S. Constitution. Can you believe that? I couldn’t even believe that was real,” she laughed. “I mean, women are not asking for special rights, just equal rights. Let’s turn outrage into authorship. If it’s the 250th celebration of the country, isn’t it time to update some things? What rights or guarantees do you feel all women should have in America? That’s a good question. I’m not here to speak for you; I just want to pass you the mic.”

“Dear Alicia Keys,” he began his response. “Name one right that women DON’T have in America?! I will wait. Please know that women are FREE to join men working on offshore oil rigs, on deep sea crabbing and fishing vessels, logging trees with gigantic chainsaws, underwater welding for bridge construction and underground mining. You and purty lady friends can also collect garbage and recycling at 6 in the morning and when you’re done with that you girls are welcome to risk your lives restoring electricity on high power lines.”

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“These ‘rights’ are waiting for you but you gals won’t do it, because you need men to do it. Because that is what men do: risk their lives day in and day out so you lovely girls can just pretend that all those things magically take care of themselves while you bitch and moan about perceived injustices and lack of rights,” he continued. “So you go girl, Enjoy your electricity and your roads being repaired and your garbage being magically picked up every Tuesday morning and your fancy vegetables and grass fed steaks trucked into your grocery store at 5 in the morning, while you have Vietnamese ladies paint your toenails. You can call it toxic masculinity, but you would cry your lovely fake eyelashes off when your Air Conditioning breaks down for more than 3 hours.”

“Your welcome!” he concluded his post. “Yours truly, MEN.”

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