This is really bad. I wrote a post about some of the nastiness from the right wing (courtesy of This Modern World). The responses have been interesting.
Tom McMahon sent me a comment with a link to his site where he had posted about Hunter Thompson. I zipped over and found that some of the comments matched in ferocity and venom those I posted earlier.
As I said in the comments, echoing something capper said, I know it is true that there are those on the left who can wallow in the depths too. It's just sad to see.
To be fair, below are some of the comments left with Tom. Sorry you had to face that, Tom. I could share some stuff that equals that from one of our local cheddarsphereans ... but, I guess, what is the point. He's not worth the energy and nor are the people who commented at your site.
This guy started out ok, but then the weirdness kicked in.
Mr McMahon Its so obvious that you have read little of Hunter S. Thompsons' literary genius. The man was the most gifted and articulate Social and political commentator of the 20th century. He was a man who lived without fear and lived fully everyday of his life.
Your problem with HST is that he lived his life his way without apology. He lived outside your preconceived ideas of right and wrong and made it work. He proved that you can live a productive life and still ingest whatever you want without losing your intelligence or success. Not everyone is capable of living that lifestyle and no one should try to immitate his life. Yet he did live his life without hipocrisy.
So all I have left to say to you, you bloated greedhead nazi is Fuck you and your GOP horse that you rode in on.
This fellow (appropriately named Chris ... inside joke) was lost from the beginning.
Here we have a bunch of uptight greedy-eyed squares attempting to grind Hunter's image into the dirt. Screw on your heads, Dr. Thompson was one of the most creative and brilliant men in literature this century, do you read Thomas? Obviously not enough. Hunter stayed young and idealistic until he died, you, however, my fatbodied Tommy, are a rotting corpse with no life left in you, don't be envious, loosen your collar and let some blood flow to your oxygen deprived brain meats.
This person wouldn't even include a name. Coward.
When you die, there will be no one will be SOOOO sick of you because you are a talentless partisan hack.
Take a break from force feeding us with the leftovers of your moral self f***atio and learn that the drugs Hunter S. Thompson took are just as bad as the cheeseburgers you slug down like ambrosia.
How stereotypical of a truly revolting kind of conservativfe to judge a man's life not by his merit but by GASP drug consumption.
You are a revolting pig of a man whose simple mindedness would never be able to grasp the brilliance of a man who searched for truth.
You could not find truth if it were right below the pompous tint in your squinted eyes and the gluttony of your corpulent double chin.
Last one. There's more, but I think you all get the point.
hey you cheese burger engulfing Nazi, why dont get your thumb out of your ass and come to terms with the fact that he is a success of an author to some and a revolutionary who lived by his own terms to others.... you know what fuck you mussolini im gonna go get an h.s.t. tattoo now, eat cock!
Sorry, Tom.
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I think the Hunter S Thompson fans are this really weird sub-cult of the Left, much like the Ayn Rand sub-cult of the Right. And as you can see, recognizing irony isn't their strong suit.
ReplyDeleteWell, looks like I could ratchet up quite a ways before getting into "really nasty"...
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Practice, practice, practice.
You know, daddio. The "unnhhnn" and "mnnnnn" that you experience are often the early signs of heart murmur, heartburn or need-to-take-a-nap syndrome. You may want to check with your doctor ... :)
ReplyDeleteBrent Bozell is to critiquing Hunter Thompson as Britney Spears is to a formal analysis of the Eroica Symphony.
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