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'Fear and Loathing' Revisited

'Fear and Loathing' Revisited

On night of Trump assassination attempt, Hunter S. Thompson's widow reminded the world about when that famous phrase was first coined

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In the hours after the assassination attempt upon former president Donald Trump last July, Anita Thompson, widow of the late “gonzo” journalist Hunter S. Thompson, took to X to remind people where her husband’s iconic term “fear and loathing” first emerged.

Hunter S. Thompson (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Thompson coined the term in a somewhat despairing l…

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