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    Before we start getting too sentimental, remember this guy became ultra-MAGA at the end.

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        We can be realistic without being unfair.

        He’s a piece of shit right winger. He’s also a titan of the 80s when he was the movie star everyone wanted on film.

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          I don’t know how old you are but it seems you’re confusing Chuck Norris with Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Eddie Murphy, Richard Gere or somebody like that. He was in a lot of B-movies in the 80s, I’ll give him that.

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            I don’t know how old you are but you’d know that Chuck Norris and all those others were in similar standing during those times.

            You’re applying fame now to fame then.

            I love when people online pull the age card like it makes them privy to special knowledge.

            Like I said: Chuck was a piece of shit right winger when he died. He was also extremely famous in the 80s.

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              I’m in my 50s, and I didn’t say he wasn’t famous. I was saying he wasn’t the guy everyone wanted in their movies. He was in a bunch of B-movies. He was famous as a karate guy that made the leap to movies. Crappy movies. And he was a pretty crappy actor as well.

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                Almost 50 here, and I concur. Chuck Norris was niche even in the 80s compared to true A listers like Stallone, Schwarzenegger or, a bit later, Bruce Willis. As I recall he was like a cut above Jan-Michael Vincent or something.

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                  I ain’t a man, my man.

                  But more martial arts stuff? I’m telling you he was niche and you’re only reinforcing my point.

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    He stayed by my side as I wondered the barrens looking for Mankirk’s wife.

    When I looked back and saw only one set of footprints, that was where he carried me.