The first time I heard of Chuck Norris was in the movie “Way of The Dragon” — originally released as “Return of the Dragon.” in the early seventies.

I was in my early teens, I loved action movies…and still do decades later. Growing up in Africa, we rarely watched movies, and whenever we did, it was a very special occasion.

I remember sneaking into a theater while an under-age teenager and watching the sexually explicit Swedish movie — “Language of Love,” a living-room-type discussion of sex, interspersed with mimed and actual illustrative sequences, including genital close-ups. The movie was meant to be educational — and it was, graphics and all.

In the early seventies, this was serious pornography, by African standards. I remember my mother warning me while waving a BIBLE — never to watch the movie.

I went anyway, only to come back home to a thorough whipping — from both mom and dad! They were petrified — how could I go watch un-godly naked white men and women! LOL!

Even at that age, I was convinced that the bigger “evil” was that BIBLE she was waving. The Europeans came to Africa, stole everything they could lay their hands on, mesmerized and indoctrinated the populace with “Charlatan Lies and Fairytales,” …..then they left, “awarding” Africans “Independence” — Independence “roped” tightly to the IMF, World-Bank and other tools of Neo-Colonialism…..and left Africans holding the BIBLE……dis-organized and well set for a murderous, thieving and genocidal future.

But, my first love was martial arts featuring Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, Chen Singh and many other oriental stars.

I loved the movie (Return of the Dragon), and Bruce Lee was my hero. I loved Chuck too, and have enjoyed subsequent action/war/drama movies starring Mr. Norris…..upto and including “Walker — Texas Ranger” — re-runs of which I still watch today.

Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris in “Way of The Dragon”

During the 2007/2008 US presidential primaries Chuck Norris supported right-wing Republican Mike Huckabee, a xenophobic anti-immigrant bigot, for president — I really paid no attention….Chuck was still my childhood hero…until this morning, when I saw the clip below:

Chuck Norris vs. Arianna Huffington

Bill O’Wino Thinks Arianna is NAZI — LOL!

Chuck’s moronic arguments with Arianna persuaded me to dig in deeper using my favorite Internet Tool — Google.

I googled “Chuck Norris Moron” [113,000 Hits], “Chuck Norris Idiot” [374,000 Hits], “Chuck Norris Racist” [668,000 Hits], and “Chuck Norris Bigot.” [23,800 Hits]

Chuck Norris’s religious lunacy and gung-ho THUG attitude is appalling, and his unbalanced reasoning does not match the “Karate Discipline and Balance” that I have always associated him with.

It saddens me that my childhood hero has turned into Bible Thumping, Gun-Totting Christian Fanatic.

A right-wing ReTHUGlican!

Notes: Facts for Chuck Norris