• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    I think the Chuck Norris jokes really only could take off because he was already retired and not on the internet when it happened. If he’d engaged, it’d probably have killed the humor.

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    16 days ago

    Chuck Norris the person was flawed and stupid

    Chuck Norris the meme is about to roundhouse ki

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    16 days ago

    This is exactly how I have been feeling. I have friends and people I respect who have been venerating this POS and it has been a real effort to not go off on them. Fortunately they haven’t pushed for me to celebrate this fuck too.

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    15 days ago

    Is.this accurate? He was deeply conservative and a creationist. Buy I don’t belive there are credible indycators of him being a racist, were there?

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      15 days ago

      If you (vocally) support racists who are actively pushing racist ideology and legislation, then what’s the functional difference?

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        15 days ago

        He might have just been very brainwashed, tribalistic.

        Actually fuck it, that’s is functionaly just as bad.

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          15 days ago

          As an example, when a known, unrepentant sexual predator runs for a high government office, anything other than “no, they are an evil person” is quiet support of their behavior.

          It’s much worse when the support is vocal and strong, it means their behavior is acceptable because they agree on other points.

          “Oh sure, he raped/abused people/kids, but he really stands up for free-speech/gun rights/lower taxes/lower crime/healthcare.”

          It doesn’t matter, their actions and choices have fundamentally shown they are evil, and are not doing anything to atone.

          The fact that my statement applies to SO MANY people in office is just devastating.

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            15 days ago

            So unnamed person is trump, right? Wouldn’t that mean that US is almost exclusively KKK racists?

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              14 days ago

              Wut?

              I said it applies to a lot, and I mean a lot, of people in office. I didn’t even say the US.

              Also, what’s the leap in logic there?

              Supporting a (despicable trait) person doesn’t automatically make you a (despicable trait) person, but it does make you someone who thinks there’s a level of excuse for (despicable trait)

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                14 days ago

                He’s your twice-elected peoples representative. Which by definition means that minority of “the people” “acctively oppose him”. So everyone else met the same “anything less” criterion that was set for Norris.

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                  14 days ago

                  Please read my comment again, slowly, instead of making up your own ideas of what you think I meant.

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          15 days ago

          There was a saying in the 40s.

          “What do you call a table with 6 nazis and 6 German farmers?”

          “A dozen Nazis having dinner.”

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      14 days ago

      It’s accurate if one was and emotional lunatic yes.

  • Aeri@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I was having a discussion in a community about Chuck Norris and people were shitting on me for badmouthing him. Like what are we all just pretending we’re suddenly huge fans of Walker Texas goddamn ranger?