Before we case this guy in bronze, let's look at some things that this "brillant mind" wrote
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Question: Will there be another draft?
HST: "Oh God… Jesus, I hope so. The Army has become a pack of vicious, predatory, mercenary hired killers, and a draft would democratize the Army as it always has. That's why Vietnam turned out to be a victory for our side—for the antiwar folks."- HST 2003
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53,000 American boys dead and he call that a victory for his side. Doesn't matter if you feel the war was justified or not, no single American can feel good about it. Oh, except Hunter Thompson of course
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"Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did." - HST 2004
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Wow, that's a helluva statement. Hitler incinerated thousands of his victims. Performed experimental surgery on people (without drugs). Murdered 6 million people in death camps. But yet, that doesn't hold a candle to naked twister and panties over a guys head.
Folks, this guy was not Hemingway. Not even close. He just offed himself like EH did. In two hundred year, people will be saying "Hunter S who??"