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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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To: ChildOfThe60s

Too bad the .44 magnum he was shot with didn’t finish the job.


21 posted on 02/10/2021 6:08:02 PM PST by Lockbar (Vlad the Impailer had all the answers.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Hell can’t be too hot for that pig.


22 posted on 02/10/2021 6:08:51 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (In a world where EVERYTHING is declared "racist", the word has no meaning.)
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To: yesthatjallen

i guess larry has all the answers now...


23 posted on 02/10/2021 6:12:48 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: yesthatjallen

Sleaze bag. Good he’s dead.


24 posted on 02/10/2021 6:16:02 PM PST by HIDEK6 (F God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: yesthatjallen

Weird. He’s another one I thought was already dead...


25 posted on 02/10/2021 6:16:28 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: yesthatjallen
Flynt truly left the world a worse place. What a non-accomplishment.

26 posted on 02/10/2021 6:21:07 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O my great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: yesthatjallen

He was a Democrat


27 posted on 02/10/2021 6:21:18 PM PST by Rocko Jack
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To: ChildOfThe60s

The cat needed better aim


28 posted on 02/10/2021 6:26:07 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (#LeaveTheGOP. Pass it on Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law they understan)
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To: upchuck

The only thing that is longer than eternity in heaven is eternity in hell.


29 posted on 02/10/2021 6:31:31 PM PST by Rodm
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To: yesthatjallen

GOOD RIDDANCE!! (I pray for his soul)


30 posted on 02/10/2021 6:32:15 PM PST by Americannae1362
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To: yesthatjallen

Creepy Joe has ordered all zippers be worn at half staff.

“Cobra! Cobra! Cobra!”


31 posted on 02/10/2021 6:32:33 PM PST by twister881
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He went from famous to infamous when he published some nude photos of Jacqueline Kennedy that had been taken by a paparazzi. The images created a major scandal and Flynt became a millionaire.

In 1976 he was prosecuted on charges of obscenity and organized crime by the leader of an anti-pornography committee. Although he was given a sentence of seven to twenty five years, he only spent six days in prison. Upon revising the accusations thoroughly, the judge realized he was no culprit of crime, and his case remained faithful to the Constitution’s First Amendment: freedom of expression.

Two years after that, the shooting that left him paralyzed took place. Flynt was on his way to the court to defend his magazine when a white supremacist shot him for publishing images of an interracial couple. From that moment on, he was unable to walk.

https://culturacolectiva.com/history/larry-flint-magazine-hustler


32 posted on 02/10/2021 6:34:31 PM PST by deport
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To: yesthatjallen
He and Jerry Falwell were friends. He knew the way to Christ and at one point on an airplane ride, he gave his life to Christ. Obviously, he didn't follow through.

So....what was his destination?

33 posted on 02/10/2021 6:39:42 PM PST by LibertyWoman (Despite what your momma told you, violence does solve problems. American Sniper Chris Kyle)
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In 1976 he was prosecuted on charges of obscenity and organized crime by the leader of an anti-pornography committee. Although he was given a sentence of seven to twenty five years, he only spent six days in prison. Upon revising the accusations thoroughly, the judge realized he was no culprit of crime, and his case remained faithful to the Constitution's First Amendment: freedom of expression.

Two years after that, the shooting that left him paralyzed took place. Flynt was on his way to the court to defend his magazine when a white supremacist shot him for publishing images of an interracial couple. From that moment on, he was unable to walk.

34 posted on 02/10/2021 6:41:32 PM PST by deport
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To: Reddy
A sleazy, sick man.

Reminds me of pedojoe.

Chin up!

These things happen in threes...

35 posted on 02/10/2021 6:43:57 PM PST by null and void (We're the MSM, we decide what news you can see, and what you can not see, but don't call us Not Sees)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

The ultimate wish list?


36 posted on 02/10/2021 6:49:18 PM PST by Shady (WHO MURDERED ASHLI BABBITT? )
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To: yesthatjallen
I just read it for the articles...

And hand exercises when I was a teen... 😀

37 posted on 02/10/2021 6:51:02 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (We might be DEPLORABLES, but we don't CHEAT like Dem)
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To: yesthatjallen

He won’t be missed. I just looked up Bob Guccione to see if he has managed to evade his inevitable appointment with Satan and, lo and behold, rigor mortis set in ten years ago.


38 posted on 02/10/2021 6:51:25 PM PST by Atticus
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To: LibertyWoman

I don’t judge the man’s soul but his Earthly existence certainly took him down the evil paths.

His magazine did not portray women as beautiful but as skanky, greasy, and unattractive even as porn goes. His main cartoonist produced sick cartoons about guys exposing themselves to little girls and the cartoonist later was arrested for imitating his art (Chester the Molester). Women hater’s liked his magazine but Flynt was part of the great Leftist coalition that backed ERA and every “woman’s lib” program.


39 posted on 02/10/2021 6:51:47 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 (To the barricades !!! )
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To: drSteve78
And Adolf Hitler had a dog that loved him.

Is that the dog he poisoned in the bunker to make sure that it really was poison his entourage offered him and not just a mickey to merely knock him out to be turned over alive to the Allies?

40 posted on 02/10/2021 6:53:11 PM PST by null and void (We're the MSM, we decide what news you can see, and what you can not see, but don't call us Not Sees)
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