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Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by MBCook »

basisword wrote: post #227
MBCook wrote: post #70

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It was so funny how that whole thing happened. For the first time in over a decade he was suddenly relevant in a way. People remembered he existed, and they were playing off his tough guy image. And what did he do? Try and shut it down and start suing people. Stupid. It took him a couple of years to come around to it. If it wasn’t for those jokes would he be remembered anywhere as well? Or would he be a much more obs…

>> If it wasn’t for those jokes would he be remembered anywhere as well? You’re assuming the jokes make people dive deeper. In reality I know the jokes and didn’t have a clue who he was and never cared enough to find out. The reality is the probably didn’t make much of a difference to how well he or his work was actually known.

No, I didn’t mean it that way. I meant they wouldn’t even know the name.

Not that they actually know about him past the tough guy persona of the jokes.

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Post by ratrace »

angoragoats wrote: post #156
simpaticoder wrote: post #76

Chuck Norris (and Michael Landon) were golden age role models for young men. Strong but thoughtful, firm but compassionate, and deeply principled but also practical. Yes, these were acting roles but they picked those roles for a reason. Rest in peace, Chuck.

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Post by tadfisher »

debo_ wrote: post #183
PoignardAzur wrote: post #139

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Maybe for people in the US. Internationally? I haven't watched a single episode of WTR, I don't know anyone who has, but everyone knows who Chuck Norris was.

I watched it all the time in Canada.

Lies. Everyone knows The Red Green Show is the only television program legally allowed in Canada.

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Post by cthalupa »

phishin wrote: post #168
amjnsx wrote: post #102

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He was openly maga and a homophobe and a transphobe. I wouldn’t consider these qualities for a role model.

Imagine basing your entire opinion on a man about how they feel about that other man.

I stopped being a Chuck Norris fan when I learned he was a frequent contributor to WorldNetDaily, that he actively campaigned against gay marriage, and that he advocated for the theory that Obama was not born in America and saying shit like 'Electing Obama will plunge America into a thousand years of darkness.'

Him liking Trump was a symptom of his regressive, homophobic, and racist beliefs.

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Post by GolfPopper »

chungy wrote: post #229
plasticsoprano wrote: post #74

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Except is was said by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall upon Theodore Roosevelt’s death and co-opted as a Chuck Norris joke.

Teddy Roosevelt was the Chuck Norris of his day. It is appropriate.

I think that comparison is quite unfair to Teddy, and overly flattering to Chuck Norris.

Historian, sheriff, war hero, governor, explorer, and a successful President who reshaped America largely for the better. While Roosevelt was human, he led a life that very few have ever matched.

That said, the line does fit them both.

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Post by rootusrootus »

nazgulsenpai wrote: post #164
sschueller wrote: post #122

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Many like myself did not know this as a kid in the 80s-90s. Some of the movies he made like "sidekicks" left a positive impression at that age.

In the 80s-90s his positions would have aligned fine with the center left.

Some of them, perhaps. I don't think the center left would ever have been into the birther conspiracy.
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