How the culture war sees Hunter S. Thompson
chudrank score: 62 / 100, seen as leaning WOKE. 0 is CHUD (right-wing), 100 is WOKE (left-wing). A score is a poll of how voters see someone, not a statement of fact.
American journalist and author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a pioneer of New Journalism.
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Why: Seen as slightly left: the countercultural founder of gonzo journalism who ran for sheriff on the Freak Power ticket, loathed Richard Nixon, and chronicled George McGovern's 1972 campaign for Rolling Stone, with an anti-authority, pro-gun streak that defies easy labels.
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