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Hunter S. Thompson meets a Hell's Angel, 1967 | CBC
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A 1967 CBC clip in which Hunter S. Thompson faces a member of the Hell's Angels on television. The studio audience's reactions are a striking window into the era.
HN commenters cite it as evidence of how much social norms have shifted, given the audience's approval of jokes about domestic violence.
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