'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
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.
Thompson coined the term in a somewhat despairing l…
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