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User:Rcprimary

2013-08-05T17:43:38Z

Rcprimary:

Hello fellow conservatives! Here to help make Conservapedia and America a better place. Just a little bit about myself: I'm a registered Republican, proud member of the Florida Tea Party, post-graduate law student, aspiring politician, and a born American following in the footsteps of Barry Goldwater and Jesse Helms. I join my fellow law students and true conservatives in protesting outside the office of our RINO state representative once a month. I like movies, guns, and my bible, and I'm willing to die for the latter two.

I'd enjoy collaborating with any of my fellow users and am always open to friendly debate. Just leave a message on my page and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you and God Bless!

User:Rcprimary

2013-08-05T17:43:11Z

Rcprimary: Created page with "Hello fellow conservatives! Here to help make Conservapedia and America a better place. Just a little bit about myself: I'm a registered Republican, proud member of the Florida T..."

Hello fellow conservatives! Here to help make Conservapedia and America a better place. Just a little bit about myself: I'm a registered Republican, proud member of the Florida Tea Party, post-graduate law student, aspiring politician, and a born American following in the footsteps of Barry Goldwater and Jesse Helms. I join my fellow law students and true conservatives in protesting outside the office of our RINO state representative once a month. I like movies, guns, and my bible, and I'm willing to die for the latter two.
I'd enjoy collaborating with any of my fellow users and am always open to friendly debate. Just leave a message on my page and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you and God Bless!

Hunter S. Thompson

2013-08-05T17:06:53Z

Rcprimary:

'''Hunter Stockton Thompson'''<ref> Louis Proyect called him a "conveyor of conventional liberal thought." [http://www.counterpunch.org/proyect02232005.html] </ref> was a self-described "Gonzo" journalist whose writing was based on the notion that truth is stranger than any fiction. His work consciously blurred the line between the real and the imaginary. In ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'', he described his writing as "A savage journey into the heart of the American Dream."

Much of his writing in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine dealt with contemporary politics; Thompson had an active intolerance for almost all politicians across the spectrum, with the exception of [[Democrat]] [[George McGovern]]. His open hatred for [[Richard Nixon]] was especially pronounced despite the fact that he interviewed [[Richard Nixon]] and discussed football with him at length. He compiled his dispatches for ''Rolling Stone'' magazine during the 1972 campaign into the book, ''Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72''. He became close friends with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner.

Thompson once ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, [[Colorado]] on a platform that advocated the legalization of illegal [[drugs]] and wishing to keep big business out of Aspen (which he proposed to rename 'Fat City') and his home town of Woody Creek. His political movement was dubbed 'Freak Power,' as Thompson was calling on the marginalized sections of society to be his main support base. Both major parties tried to keep Thompson out of office although Thompson lost by a small margin.

Thompson was the inspiration for the character of Duke in the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning comic strip ''[[Doonesbury]]'', and was portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]] in a film version of ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''.

As expressed in the conclusion to "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", Thompson's post-modern cynicism and writings heralded for many the conclusion of the Hippie subculture and, as he described, the "mind- expansion" phase of drug use, such as LSD and other hallucinatory narcotics.

Thompson, a lifelong gun enthusiast, committed [[suicide]] by by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2005.
He is survived by his son Juan Thompson.

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