People Band Together, Rip to Shreds Garbage Media Take About Chuck Norris – RedState
Chuck Norris brought a lot of joy to people’s lives.
I’d like to think God liked him so much that He decided he needed a little more martial arts training in heaven.
Norris, a martial arts and television and film legend, is greeted with great affection by most people on social media.
I even thought that he could even escape any media criticism because, after all, he was Chuck Norris.
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But Variety decided to ride the third rail, without even waiting a full day, before offering up a pile of steaming garbage, rather than simply honoring a wonderful artist who brought us so much joy.
You knew it would be bad just from the title.
Chuck Norris was a great action star – but politics may overshadow his legacy https://t.co/UK6kyjDREg
– Variety (@Variété) March 20, 2026
It was bad to talk about how “in almost every Norris film he sets up roots in a foreign country or another community.” Another community, really? The article also explained how ‘Walker’s’ “simplicity of good and evil” is cop-agande.
But it’s even worse.
Was Norris a brilliant athlete and a top star? Yes. But there’s no denying that his roles were part of a body of work used to show American strength, power, and the pernicious allure of taking the law into your own hands — something that seems less fun in a year when our country is pouring money into bombing Iran and ICE agents are acting like one-man militias. Given our nation’s divisions over morality, information literacy, and a general sense of reality, it is easier to see Norris’s characters as a justification for a fringe conspiracy movement rather than as a moral stance. When patriotism and laws stray from the Constitution, which side does a gunslinger end up on? [….]
When a star exemplifies American exceptionalism and power, at what point does their legacy shift from escapism to dangerous propaganda?
Oh, hell no. Not you either. Talk about the divisions between morality and reality. Iran has been committing terrorism against us for 47 years. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) enforces the law whether the left likes it or not. It’s just a weird, twisted Variety version.
The real thing is the last sentence, and that’s why the article is trying to pick on Chuck.
No, the characters Norris played were not about politics. But yes, America is exceptional. Chuck understood it and believed it. Sorry, not sorry that some people on the left don’t understand that. This is not propaganda, this is harsh reality.
I’ve seen ratios on social media posts before, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen people say so much in one voice to tell Variety to fold. Commenters even banded together to get a community rating on the Variety post, and they succeeded.
Chuck Norris killed his shadow by shadow boxing. That’s why you never see his shadow when he comes up behind you. Chuck Norris can never be “overshadowed.”
Then I realized something important about that note: it was all true.
Even in death, even with such vile and evil vision from liberal media outlets like Variety, they cannot overshadow who Norris was; just like they can’t eclipse America’s greatness no matter how hard they try. His legacy goes beyond them, his place is assured.
Thanks, Chuck.
“Fear nothing! » Said Chuck Norris to calm the trembling angels https://t.co/11xKJ4bgS2 pic.twitter.com/i8fwloytn6
– The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 20, 2026
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