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DolanReloadedHunter S simply transcended humanity.
I wish i couldve hung out with him in his home in aspen before he died.
Hunter is a legend and had one of the best voices in writing (Aside from George MacDonald Fraser who was on another level). However, I would not go so far to say he transcended humanity or even his own inner demons. Once you get past the initial facade of his writing he is a deeply tragic figure. He so much craved total freedom and the 60s allowed him to express this in a way that gave him an incredibly accurate and pragmatic insight to the counter culture movement. Unfortunately, he could never reconcile himself against the Reagan culture and modern era and slowly became more disillusioned and turned to drugs and alcohol instead of self growth. He was a bitter and fairly wasted figure by the end. Im still pretty convinced he was assassinated though.
SuspiciousFishHunter is a legend and had one of the best voices in writing (Aside from George MacDonald Fraser who was on another level). However, I would not go so far to say he transcended humanity or even his own inner demons. Once you get past the initial facade of his writing he is a deeply tragic figure. He so much craved total freedom and the 60s allowed him to express this in a way that gave him an incredibly accurate and pragmatic insight to the counter culture movement. Unfortunately, he could never reconcile himself against the Reagan culture and modern era and slowly became more disillusioned and turned to drugs and alcohol instead of self growth. He was a bitter and fairly wasted figure by the end. Im still pretty convinced he was assassinated though.
Youre an idiot. Drugs were pivotal to making him sho he was. He pushed the limits of how far he could wander into the jungle while still making it back home safe. Drugs were part of his yearning for true freedom. Oh and he said years before his death that he would feel trapped in this world if he didnt have the comfort of knowing he could exit it (by killing himself) at any time.
he didnt want to deal with becoming a crippled old vegetable. So he ended it. Sad but true.
you have a really girly pussified view of hunter s thompson man. Youre way off. Thompson was the closest thing to nietzches pure ubermensch that has ever walked the earth.
keep smoking that diet oregano you straight edge soyboy.
**This post was edited on Apr 27th 2020 at 1:39:55pm
DolanReloadedYoure an idiot. Drugs were pivotal to making him sho he was. He pushed the limits of how far he could wander into the jungle while still making it back home safe. Drugs were part of his yearning for true freedom. Oh and he said years before his death that he would feel trapped in this world if he didnt have the comfort of knowing he could exit it (by killing himself) at any time.
he didnt want to deal with becoming a crippled old vegetable. So he ended it. Sad but true.
you have a really girly pussified view of hunter s thompson man. Youre way off. Thompson was the closest thing to nietzches pure ubermensch that has ever walked the earth.
keep smoking that diet oregano you straight edge soyboy.
**This post was edited on Apr 27th 2020 at 1:39:55pm
Pussified view my ass. I have read all the Gonzo papers and a number of his books including Fear and Loathing and have watched a number of documentaries on his life. I dont have any problem with his drug use. Some of his most memorable stories were from his drugs like when he was with his buddy and fucked off their minds coming back across the border from the Great Shark Hunt story.
If you read through all his work it becomes clear on how his mindset changed through the Nixon and Reagan years. He was old enough to not get caught up in the hippie movement and was always pushing the politics and was critical when the 60's became about tuning out with drugs instead of activism. He was pretty clear in his frustrations even when he tried to run for Sheriff of Aspen that the counter culture was more into getting high than supporting his campaign.
Then as time went on he felt the cage of the Reagan conservatism close in on him he also fell into using drugs and alcohol as a means to lash out or escape like his incoherent drunk screaming from the Hilton balcony when he was supposed to cover an NFL game. This was further pushed when Fear and Loathing became popular and his popularity grew again but not as HST the brilliant political activist but as Dr. Gonzo the shit show. I think this rise of his created character as himself was something that got to him. Most kids dont even know why Fear and Loathing even happened and how he was basically fleeing LA after a journalist was murdered by cops in a bar while covering the LA Riots.
If you look at footage of his later years you can tell he is fucked up from constant drinking etc. Including footage of him shaking his bird cage and incoherently yelling at it. Im not taking away from HST and his legacy, the guy was brilliant and was able to capture US politics and culture with a keen and impartial vision. We just need to look at him as the person he was and what happened to him objectively and not fall victim to the Dr. Gonzo cult of personality he inadvertently created.
SuspiciousFishPussified view my ass. I have read all the Gonzo papers and a number of his books including Fear and Loathing and have watched a number of documentaries on his life. I dont have any problem with his drug use. Some of his most memorable stories were from his drugs like when he was with his buddy and fucked off their minds coming back across the border from the Great Shark Hunt story.
If you read through all his work it becomes clear on how his mindset changed through the Nixon and Reagan years. He was old enough to not get caught up in the hippie movement and was always pushing the politics and was critical when the 60's became about tuning out with drugs instead of activism. He was pretty clear in his frustrations even when he tried to run for Sheriff of Aspen that the counter culture was more into getting high than supporting his campaign.
Then as time went on he felt the cage of the Reagan conservatism close in on him he also fell into using drugs and alcohol as a means to lash out or escape like his incoherent drunk screaming from the Hilton balcony when he was supposed to cover an NFL game. This was further pushed when Fear and Loathing became popular and his popularity grew again but not as HST the brilliant political activist but as Dr. Gonzo the shit show. I think this rise of his created character as himself was something that got to him. Most kids dont even know why Fear and Loathing even happened and how he was basically fleeing LA after a journalist was murdered by cops in a bar while covering the LA Riots.
If you look at footage of his later years you can tell he is fucked up from constant drinking etc. Including footage of him shaking his bird cage and incoherently yelling at it. Im not taking away from HST and his legacy, the guy was brilliant and was able to capture US politics and culture with a keen and impartial vision. We just need to look at him as the person he was and what happened to him objectively and not fall victim to the Dr. Gonzo cult of personality he inadvertently created.
Hmm. Thats sad to hear. I kind of wondered why he looked like he aged 40
years between the 80s and the 90s.
Greetings, I'm mostly, light novel reader, so ill advise you light novel called America's War on Sex, a very interesting subject tho.
Look closer to light novel genre, I believe you will find something good to read as red pill lover. Usually, I read light novels from here.
I hope, you will find something for yourself in light novels genre.
**This post was edited on May 18th 2020 at 5:51:10pm
Oil by upton sinclair
Coal: the dirty secret behind america's energy future, it brings into light the future of climate mitigation and more populated countries such as india moving out of energy poverty, and why renewables are a bitch and a half to utilize.
Also, the hillbilly elegy an amazing book that an anthropological book about the left behind appalachia mining towns, and how they affected the 2016 elections.
IMO these books are a good applicable example of some bigger ideas about more of the why, over the what, which is really important in order to think analytically about a lot of modern issues, those first two books are a little bit more of a school read though.
