Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: A discussion of rifle ammunition bans and .223/M855 murders, by the numbers. [View all]jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)straw man: He invented and pioneered the style of which you claim to be a practitioner. Doesn't mean that I have to like him, but you should at least acknowledge his influence there.
You lost me; I said I 'can't stand' him, & by using his logo & monogram I acknowledged his existence, & influence somewhat.
straw man: So you're a gonzo journalist, huh? But you hate HST? Isn't that kind of like a Republican who hates GWB?
You're misquoting, I said I 'can't stand' him in post91, won't say I hate him. When you noted GWB it appeared you were thinking truman as HST. He stood for some positive things sure, but its not for those that I can't stand him (see bottom of report):
Hunter S Thompson {HST} is often credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of writing that blurs distinctions between fiction and nonfiction. His work and style are considered to be a major part of the New Journalism literary movement of the 1960s and 1970s, which attempted to break free from the purely objective style of mainstream reportage of the time. Thompson almost always wrote in the first person, while extensively using his own experiences and emotions to color "the story" he was trying to follow. His writing aimed to be humorous, colorful and bizarre, and he often exaggerated events to be more entertaining.
The term Gonzo has since been applied in kind to numerous other forms of highly subjective artistic expression.
He was unable to formally finish high school as he was incarcerated for 60 days after abetting a robbery. He subsequently joined the United States Air Force before moving into journalism. He traveled frequently, including stints in California, Puerto Rico, and Brazil, before settling in Aspen, Colorado, in the early 1960s.
... with his own brand of New Journalism which he termed "Gonzo", an experimental style of journalism where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories.
Thompson died at Owl Farm, his "fortified compound" Colorado, 2005, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
He was a proponent of the right to bear arms and privacy rights. A member of the National Rifle Association, Thompson was a firearms and explosives enthusiast (in his writing and in life) and owned a vast collection of handguns, rifles, shotguns, and various automatic and semi-automatic weapons, along with numerous forms of gaseous crowd control and many homemade devices.