[HN Gopher] Kerouac and Ginsberg Letters
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       Kerouac and Ginsberg Letters
        
       Author : brudgers
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2021-07-01 21:04 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | recursivedoubts wrote:
       | daily reminder that, in addition to being a terrible, pretentious
       | poet, ginsberg was an unrepentant, aggressive pedophile:
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg#Association_wit...
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       | insane that anyone can lionize him now, but here we are
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | chis_ wrote:
         | I did not know this - it's just a footnote somewhere down the
         | wikipedia page, yet that seems _quite_ significant that I would
         | expect it to be mentioned in the intro. Odd.
        
           | recursivedoubts wrote:
           | really makes you think
        
         | 50 wrote:
         | The text, once written, belongs to the reader, not the author,
         | and therefore we might liberate the text.
        
           | [deleted]
        
         | brudgers wrote:
         | The author of the Declaration of Independence kept a child sex
         | slave. Her name was Sally. Happy Fourth of July.
        
         | HarryHirsch wrote:
         | Quick, let's cancel Stefan George next!
        
         | bsenftner wrote:
         | He spoke at my university in the mid 80's, and my set of
         | friends put him up for his visit in one of the larger houses
         | collectively rented out by Boston University's student body
         | Union. Can confirm, his behavior towards his gushing fans was
         | scandalous, and would be considered a series of sex crimes
         | today.
        
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