Interview with HST’s son
Son says Hunter Thompson may have just decided it was time
He considers his father “a patriot in the truest sense of the word,” someone who believed deeply in civil rights and democracy but was appalled by the nation’s failure to live up to its ideals.
“Part of the power of his writing is his disgust with the gap between the ideal and the reality of our society and our government,” his son said.
As sirpaulsbuddy once told me, “intelligence is a curse.”
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Yeah, “intelligence” can be a curse. Ignorance is bliss. Makes me think of the episode on Simpsons where Homer removes a crayon from his brain, becomes a genius, and is instantly miserable; the only person he can talk to is Lisa (who, naturally, is my favorite Simpsons character :).