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CaptainTruth

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2. I love Hunter. I believe I have everything he wrote, at least everything that's publicly available...

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 10:13 PM

Mar 17

...including many of his letters to a wide variety of people.

All of his published articles are wonderful, but reading his personal letters, where he's unguarded & expressing himself freely without reservation, just takes it to another level.

He was brilliant, & now I want to pull out my stack of HST books!

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Prophecy from Hunter S. Thompson [View all] orangecrush Mar 17 OP

I miss Hunter S. Thompson UpInArms Mar 17 #1

Wondering, do you think he'd be MAGA? 617Blue Mar 17 #3

Oh my, no UpInArms Mar 17 #4

Cool!!! calimary Mar 18 #10

Not even a remote chance! debsy Mar 17 #8

Hunter was ornery. Ornery people do not reflexively agree with anything. They don't fall in line. soldierant Mar 18 #11

Polar opposite of MAGA orangecrush Mar 18 #12

I'm at the point where I assume every white dude is MAGA - and I'm a white dude. 617Blue Mar 18 #13

Truthfully orangecrush Mar 18 #14

I love Hunter. I believe I have everything he wrote, at least everything that's publicly available... CaptainTruth Mar 17 #2

those two volumes of letters are the best things he ever published thebigidea Mar 17 #5

His writing was delightful, and I've always loved that quote. enigmania Mar 17 #6

❤️ littlemissmartypants Mar 17 #7

A somewhat parallel statement from the pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm.. Permanut Mar 18 #9