He must mean these photos.
Posted on 05/24/2004 1:49:37 PM PDT by Klaus D. Deore
"Now I am really ashamed to carry an American passport. Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these photographs did. " - H.S.T.
So, HST is proud that he has no sense of perspective?
I was shocked when I saw the pix, too. But I've gotten over it, now that my (feeble) brain has placed them in context.
Well, according to Godwin's law, whomever uses comparisons to Hitler, or Nazis, forst in a debate loses.
Looks like the Left lost...
Hunter...the ultimate libertarian. I thought he was dead.
and we're expecting good judgement from an addict ?
Thompson's first name is...
Dick,
and his last name is...
Clymer...
Nahhh.. he's been chemically pickled.
Evidently pictures and video of people jumping to deaths is not shocking either.
Perhaps he would prefer we gas all the terrorists and put them in an oven. (Actually, that's not such a bad idea...)
Btw, who the hell is Hunter S. Thompson and why should we give a damn what he thinks?
Wow.. just wow.
Then give it up and don't bother coming back.
So he finally got around to seeing Johnny Depp in Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas?
He's ashamed to carry an American passport just like Baldwin and Streisand were going to move to France. Yawn. Hey Hunter, why don't you call your buddy Fidel and get him to give you a passport?
Wow that must be some really good stuff if he thinks that the extermination of 6 million jews is better than what we did at abu ghraib.
Original title: Let's go to the Olympics!
Yeah, Thomspon, on this we can agree. We're ashamed for you to carry an American passport, too. Of course, we were already ashamed way back when you were arrested for sexual assault. Your numerous DUI arrests weren't quite as shameful as that one. POS.
Photos of piles of emaciated corpses aren't as bad as putting panties on a guy's head? Oh, I forgot, the piles of corpses were all Jews, so no problem. (sarcasm) Liberals are really overplaying their hand on this; the general public is going to see through it.
Yeah. We're ashamed you carry an American passport too.
I think MY title is more apropos, don't you?
He had his 15 minutes in 1972, I believe...
Really guys, stop trying to explain all this away as stupidity. Hunter S. Thompson probably knows what he's saying is absurd but he's pissed about some other pet peeve like the U.S not being communist yet, he believes the U.S populace is stupid enough (especially the Junkies who know who he is ) to take him seriously and is willing to say whatever it takes to make GW loose the next election.
He must mean these photos.
It's a shame to see talent run to seed the way Hunter S. Thompson's has. His "gonzo journalism" from 30 years back was razor-sharp and spellbinding, even when its premises were outrageous.
Now he's become a drug-addled shadow of what he once was.
P.J. O'Rourke
This is just sad. I love a lot of his work. Especially Fear and Loathing. If these folks would stick to their talents and stay out of politics, my entertainment expenditures so much easier to decide on.
Did he happen to be accompanied by a 300 lb. Samaon on the edge of the desert near Barstow when this revelation hit him?
The ultimate "libertarian"? Surely you jest. The man has been a strong Democrat for years, having hailed Jimmy Carter as a sort of Superman when he was the candidate in 1976. The "gonzo" stuff is all a cloak; underneath it all, Thompson is a very traditional liberal Democrat.
Whoa man, that shot of the dude that had the electrodes attached to his gonads freaked me out man. Where is my hash pipe, I need a hit in a flash.
There are many in this country who still have a head-on and cannot get a grip. Eternally high, yet clueless. So much for that mind expanding experience.
But who in your measly little world, (-uh)
Are you tryin’ to prove to that you’re
Made out of gold and-uh, can’t be sold
I might be jaded, but hearing this from Hunter S. Thompson doesn't really upset me - it's probably the Crystal Meth talking. The fact that I hear much the same from people who allegedly have two ounces of brains to rub together does upset me.
Rush Limbaugh was right - like the states on the 2000 election map we now have two media in our country, the Red Media and the Blue Media, and the latter are the propaganda arm of the entrenched statist hierarchy. They will say and do anything to win, and their attitude towards America is "If we can't have it, no-one will."
Things are going to get worse before they get better.
A liberal Democrat pretending to lead a libertarian lifestyle. Given the lp's stance on the war on terror I don't see much difference.
Well, well ... that's two of us.
Actually I try not to know who many people are, and in this case I appear to have made the right choice.
And as far as the "prisoner pictures" go? There shouldn't have been any. I'm truly sorry we got caught. End of story.
Now get over it Hunter S. Thompson, who ever you are. We've got some killing to do.
I believe Hunter S. Thompson like Rush Limbaugh is a <>recovering addict. And in his work Mr. Thompson uses a great deal a sarcasm to get his point across.
Ok everyone. Take it easy on Hunter. His brain is pickled from drugs. He is one of the greatest proponents of the 2nd amendment in this country. He lives on a ranch in colarado and has a history of intimidating reporters by taking them out back of his place and shooting high powered pistols and rifles in front of them while guzzling hard liqour. I don't agree with this opinion, but at least he has some saving graces.
well, we knew he was a fool, now he's proven he's an asshole, too...
So right! He's a cultural artifact, a total redundancy. He's always mewling about the "nazis" in the White House, it is so trite and unoriginal. Sad to see someone who was such an innovator turn into a cliche.
Wonderful! He's a heavily armed, drunken lefty.
This is supposed to make me feel better?
One of the best journalist/authors we've had in this country. Kind of a forerunner to P.J. O'Rourke. "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail" is a blast, sort of a "Road to the White House" with a wild bent and some insane insight.
Sad when my old favs start mouthing off. He should have just let his work speak for itself and shut up thereafter.
That is so offensive to people who truly suffered and died at Hitler's hands.
Everyone in Aspen is also aware of the former Gonzo journalist's habit of throwing flares and other fireworks into packed barrooms after the bar tenders ejected him for acting out.
Most people in Aspen consider him a pain in the ass who just happens to be part of the local color.
Sure, but the issue isn't whether it's more apropos - the issue is whether people can search for the article under its original title, and thus avoid posting it multiple times.
If you want to editorialize on an article in the title, you can do so by following the title with a comment in parentheses or brackets; for example:
Let's go to the Olympics! [Drug Addled, Hunter S. Thompson blows a gasket]
panem et circenses . . .
#1 - Who the hell is Hunter S. Thompson?
#2 - Why the hell should I care what he thinks, anyway?
Gotcha... sorry, newbie mistake I guess.
Reminder...check the thread before posting.
No worries. Welcome to FR - you'll like it here.
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