Like, no kidding I think the thing I'm expressing. Why state that?

One reason might be to acknowledge that you're not being prescriptive, but leaving room for a subjective POV in situations that call for it.

Likewise, the GP's use of "actually" acknowledges the contrast between what one might expect (that some preliminary type-checking might happen during initial parsing) and what in fact happens (no type checks occur until the template is used.) It doesn't seem out of line in that case.

Absolutely, I was being overly reductive. Both "I think" and "actually" do serve useful purposes, and I'm being critical of redundant or over-use of them (which I tend to do).