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‘Hustler’ founder Larry Flynt dead at 78
NYPost ^ | 02 10 2021 | Tamar Lapin

Posted on 02/10/2021 5:46:23 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Larry Flynt — the notorious porn peddler who built a smut empire out of his “Hustler” magazine and fashioned himself into a champion of the First Amendment — died on Wednesday. He was 78. Flynt, whose death was first reported by TMZ, had suffered from a slew of health problems since a 1978 murder attempt that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

The controversial mogul and self-described First Amendment champion was known for challenging the establishement and his myriad legal battles involving free speech and pornography regulations.

He often clashed with feminist groups and the religious right, and was once sued by televangelist the Rev. Jerry Falwell in a case that made it to the US Supreme Court.

Flynt was portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the Oscar-nominated 1996 film, “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” which chronicled the pornographer’s life, including his court clash with Falwell.

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In the Hollywood fantasy film, 'The People vs Larry Flynt' Flynt was portrayed as a champion of free speech.

The reality is the courts only support free speech for those who mock Christianity.

1 posted on 02/10/2021 5:46:23 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

78? I thought he was millions of years older than that.


2 posted on 02/10/2021 5:49:37 PM PST by Watershed
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To: yesthatjallen

He came to Bill Clinton’s aid during Clinton’s impeachment by releasing scandalous information on Republican politicians. It did not work with Henry Hyde who refused to be blackmailed.


3 posted on 02/10/2021 5:50:07 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: yesthatjallen

I guarantee that he is severely regretting his life right now.


4 posted on 02/10/2021 5:52:51 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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Again?


5 posted on 02/10/2021 5:53:37 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this ip are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: yesthatjallen

They say it happens in 3’s.
Soros?
Hillary?


6 posted on 02/10/2021 5:54:16 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1 ( )
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To: yesthatjallen

I really miss the 1970s.


7 posted on 02/10/2021 5:54:56 PM PST by Jolla
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To: yesthatjallen

I didn’t realize the shooting which paralyzed him was that far back (1978). I recall when it happened.


8 posted on 02/10/2021 5:55:10 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: yesthatjallen
Whooooo Hoooo!

Welcome off my shit list.

9 posted on 02/10/2021 5:55:30 PM PST by Blogatron (I get knocked down, but I get up again! You're never going to keep me down!)
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To: Watershed
78? I thought he was millions of years older than that.

Me too. Total surprise.

10 posted on 02/10/2021 5:55:46 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen
Quo abiit animae, an habeat; Nemo scit, nemo curat.

-- "Where his soul's gone, or how it fares; Nobody knows, and nobody cares."

11 posted on 02/10/2021 5:56:00 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All men and women were created by the, you know, you know, the thing." -- Joe Biden 3/3/20)
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To: yesthatjallen

The world became a better place today.


12 posted on 02/10/2021 5:56:13 PM PST by KevinB (''... and to the Banana Republic for which it stands ...")
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To: yesthatjallen

A sleazy, sick man.

Reminds me of pedojoe.


13 posted on 02/10/2021 5:57:16 PM PST by Reddy ( B.O. stinks)
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To: yesthatjallen

Hallelujah!!


14 posted on 02/10/2021 5:58:23 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: KevinB

Not likely to be missed. Champion of First Amendment rights, suuuuure. And Adolf Hitler had a dog that loved him.

Both were vile people


15 posted on 02/10/2021 5:59:13 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: Watershed
Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

Poor larry, given over to his reprobate mind. IF he was born again, his shame before GOD will be hideous in the main

16 posted on 02/10/2021 5:59:54 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: yesthatjallen

Welcome to Hell Larry. Get used to it. You’ll be here a long, long time.


17 posted on 02/10/2021 6:00:54 PM PST by upchuck (When it absolutely, positively has to get there, choose something other than USPS.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Norm McDonald on Larry Flynt, Dick Morris, and Bill Clinton (7 mins)

Norm McDonald

18 posted on 02/10/2021 6:02:41 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Talk about no redeeming value! Buh bye Larry.


19 posted on 02/10/2021 6:03:30 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: pastorbillrandles

Ping


20 posted on 02/10/2021 6:05:54 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade
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