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Chuck Norris has died

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Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by harperlee »

PoignardAzur wrote: post #139
petcat wrote: post #86

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> would he be remembered anywhere as well? You underestimate how popular Walker, Texas Ranger was. It wasn't pulling ratings like Seinfeld, ER, or Friends, but it was a solid primetime staple for almost a decade. I never watched it myself, but the 50+ demo loved it.

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.

In Spain it was on the TV also for like a decade, and everybody knows who he is. Also in France.

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Post by cthalupa »

crims0n wrote: post #165
jayGlow wrote: post #121

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it's possible to disagree with someone politically and still acknowledge their positive aspects.

Remember the good ol' days when people just didn't discuss politics or religion out of decency? There was a reason for that, both bring out the worst in people.

The problem is that living life is inherently political. Being able to ignore politics, not having to feel the need to discuss them, is a sign that you are inherently better off than a good chunk of this country.

A lot of people spend most of their waking hours having to deal with or at least keep in mind the fall out from regressive politics. Asking people to not discuss politics is like asking someone living in fear for their safety to not try and improve said safety. You're asking to not have to be bothered by something that annoys you to talk about in exchange for someone not being able to advocate for their life and livelihood.

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Post by chistev »

PoignardAzur wrote: post #139
petcat wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> would he be remembered anywhere as well? You underestimate how popular Walker, Texas Ranger was. It wasn't pulling ratings like Seinfeld, ER, or Friends, but it was a solid primetime staple for almost a decade. I never watched it myself, but the 50+ demo loved it.

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.

Haven't watched it and first time hearing about it too. But I knew who Chuck Norris was.

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Post by cthalupa »

beAbU wrote: post #233
u1hcw9nx wrote: post #184

Chuck Norris promising the USA will have 1,000 years of darkness if Obama wins in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ae9b-B_EQ0

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It's an objective fact. He said it.

The thing about Norris is that this isn't just generic policy stuff. I think pretty much all politics has impact on People and therefor matters, but you can abstract a whole lot away on a lot of policies in economics, etc. I think empathetic and caring human beings can disagree on many things.

But racism and homophobia aren't areas where I think empathetic and caring people can disagree, and I don't think those should be legitimatized by calling them political. He wanted to strip rights from gay people and propped up all sorts of racist rhetoric and birtherism against Obama. That's not political. That's being a shitty person.

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Post by cthalupa »

braincat31415 wrote: post #244
boca_honey wrote: post #216

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What part about Chuck was a great role model for real men?

The homophobia? The racism? The infidelity? The conspiracy theories?

Or just because he was a martial artist and actor that had a bunch of low effort memes?

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