why does this hunter quote stick with me
and how much of it is simply rose tinted glasses about that era?
>>7466234
I like that quote, but I think it speaks more to Hunter's ability to define himself against the backdrop of that era than it does of the time itself
It sounds like rose-tinted glasses because it was the time when he made most sense as a person, so it's not so much about saying "hey, this era was objectively great" as it is about saying "this is the context in which I could subjectively view myself as a part of something"
>>7466234
Dat last paragraph tho.
>>7466234
>>7466234
The sixties LSD counterculture was attempting something extremely ambitious. If you read up on the leaders of the psychedelic movement, this doesn't sound like rose-tinted glasses at all, because there WAS an optimistic, earnest attempt to roll back the weak points in contemporary life, and it would have felt amazing to be part of that attempt, but it did fail, and Thompson doesn't defend its methods and leaders. There's another passage in Fear and Loathing where he talks shit about Ginsberg (or Watts? I forget) who was a huge leader and hints that such hippies just weren't cut out to bring meaningful change to the world.
>>7466482
He talked shit about Leary.
Technically a quote is not a page.
>>7466507
Technically an ass is not an ass.
>>7466513
My tongue says different.
>>7466234
Thompson is a filthy liberal. I would have nothing against the dude, and I enjoyed his writing when I was 22, but he should've stayed the fuck outta politics.
There's no need to spout your useless, drug-crippled opinion about adult matters. Just stick to pretending that taking a lot of drugs is brave.
>>7466831
>Missing the point m8
Maybe I am, but you can't tell me that someone who influenced Johnny Depp, John Cussack and Joe Rogan isn't a piece of shit.
>>7466915
that's terrible reasoning
b/c ur a d e g e n e r a t e
>>7466915
>engaging with /pol/
newfags these days
>>7466539
>Thompson is a filthy liberal.
pretty sure he's not liberal any more.
