RetroBites: Hunter S. Thompson & Hell's Angels (1967)

Hunter S.Thompson defends his book against an irate Hell's Angels biker.

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[Mitchell Belitzky]

All these "fine, respectable folk" having a good laugh over a guy beating his wife. Wonderful.

[frickadele]

Hunter was right when he said that...

any guy that beats his wife and dog is a (stinking) punk.

And three (stinking) punks then ganged up on 1 alone hunter.

That's the reason why these guys are in that gang....

they're heroes in a crowd.

By themselves?... they're cowards.

[Sheila McCauley]

Hunter was waaay ahead of his time. .

[crackernumber2]

whatever, skip workman lived a happy full life... hunter shot himself in front of his famliy because he was all crippled and fucked up from drugs and all the crazy shit he did to himself. Who is the better man really??? id hang out with skip anyday and talk about his bike that thing has so much class. RIP skip workman

[bowiemott]

The crowd was not accepting of spousal abuse. Consider that for them HST was nuts for hanging with the Angels, and the Angels themselves were so far removed from acceptability that they were reacting as if they were watching a circus act. Like seeing a wild animal up close. (Some felt that this encounter was staged). Lastly, HST was assaulted by multiple Angels because their bylaws require it when an altercation with a non-Angel occurs. HST mentions this several times in his book.

[signevent]

Hunter again shows his composure and ability to assess any situation. Truly a visionary.

[capitalist4life]

If there's a god, Junky George is in hell having his ass eternally beaten to a pulp while Hunter laughs his ass off from above.

[RuflessRecords]

Ah, the good old days when joking about beating your wife got both sexes in the crowd to laugh.

Such, such, were the joys.

[phil meup]

exactly...as you say, a different era.

[faustbanana]

Did someone dose this crowd up on laughing gas? They shouldn't have laughed at any of this. The biker was a tool. It's only Hunter who acted with any decorum and he *still* didn't get his side across. Just re-read 'Hells Angels' recently. Inspiring stuff for any wannabe hack/writer.

[Crimsoncorn]

He was definitely on some drug or other here. Check him out in other videos, that's not how he usually talks.