Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter:

Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion and karate school teacher who jumped fist- and feetfirst into stardom with 1980s action movies like Missing in Action and the long-running CBS drama Walker, Texas Ranger, has died. He was 86.

Mekka Okereke, on Mastodon:

🚨Warning Black people!🚨

Another famous white person with trash views has died! Do not use their own words against them, or moderators may be forced to ban you!🤡

Do not mention that “1000 years of darkness” is a white nationalist and great replacement dog whistle!

Don’t mention birtherism!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ud3pK5Wa90

[…]

❌Bad:
This racist dude was good at kicking people in the head.

✅Good:
This great American hero was good at kicking people in the head!

❌Bad:
Birtherism is a super racist movement that led to the alt-right, Project 2025, and where we are today.

✅Good:
I like Walker Texas Ranger!

I’m reminded of Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny:

Angels sang out in an immaculate chorus…
Down from the heavens descended Chuck Norris…
Who delivered a kick which could shatter bones…
into the crotch of Indiana Jones….

But then:

Gandalf the Gray,
and Gandalf the White,
and Monty Python and the Holy Grail's Black Knight,
and Benito Mussolini,
and the Blue Meanie,
and Cowboy Curtis,
and Jambi the Genie,
Robocop,
Terminator,
Captain Kirk,
Darth Vader,
Lopan,
Superman,
and every single Power Ranger,
Bill S. Preston and Theodore Logan,
Spock,
The Rock,
Doc Oc,
and Hulk Hogan,
all came out of nowhere
lighting fast,
and they kicked Chuck Norris in his cowboy ass.

That’s how I prefer to remember him.