Larry Flynt Dead at 78

Surprised this hasn't been posted, but the man himself has passed away. Admittedly, I really don't know much about the man, and didn't even know who he was until The People vs. Larry Flynt, even though I had heard of Hustler.

My respect for him extends to what he did for free speech, which, again is based entirely on the movie.

Larry Flynt 'Hustler' Founder Dead at 78

Larry Flynt -- the famous and controversial publisher known for launching a porn empire -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

Family sources tell us the mogul passed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles from heart failure.

May he rest well for his defense of free speech, even if the reasons were business oriented and selfish rather than truly noble.

Variety

originally posted by: Liquesence
Surprised this hasn't been posted, but the man himself has passed away. Admittedly, I really don't know much about the man, and didn't even know who he was until The People vs. Larry Flynt, even though I had heard of Hustler.

My respect for him extends to what he did for free speech, which, again is based entirely on the movie.

Larry Flynt 'Hustler' Founder Dead at 78

Larry Flynt -- the famous and controversial publisher known for launching a porn empire -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

Family sources tell us the mogul passed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles from heart failure.

May he rest well for his defense of free speech, even if the reasons were business oriented and selfish rather than truly noble.

Variety

Mandela effect. Could sworn he died couple years ago

a reply to: Liquesence

RIP

He fought hard for free speech. Unfortunately, all his efforts died with 2020.

Chester the molester is weeping..

I'm with Edumakated, I thought he died a few years ago!!!

a reply to: odd1out

I won’t lie, I thought the same thing. However, I also thought he’d be older that 78 by now.

Faulty memory is probably more accurate than the Mandela.

originally posted by: odd1out
I'm with Edumakated, I thought he died a few years ago!!!

That was a premature release by Fox News....

The one problem I have with the idea of him fighting for free speech, is that now everyone thinks free speech and expression is all about nudity, crassness, explicit language, etc., but no one thinks it has much to do with freedom of thought or ideology.

originally posted by: ketsuko
The one problem I have with the idea of him fighting for free speech, is that now everyone thinks free speech and expression is all about nudity, crassness, explicit language, etc., but no one thinks it has much to do with freedom of thought or ideology.

You're right, they just do freedom of thought...as an ideology...they never thought of.

originally posted by: KKLOCO
a reply to: odd1out

I won’t lie, I thought the same thing. However, I also thought he’d be older that 78 by now.

Faulty memory is probably more accurate than the Mandela.

I swear to God I thought he died. I know darn well he did.

Mandela effect is real.

Of course, legally, free speech issues are grounded to repercussions/action/censorship by government, not societal repercussions or backlash from private companies, unless it involves discrimination.

Flynt faced legal consequences for violating ordinance/law, not "terms and conditions".

Freedom of thought or ideology are really irrelevant, since they aren't criminalized.

a reply to: Liquesence

Hustler magazine VS. Falwell ( en.m.wikipedia.org... ) You couldn't get more opposite. But both parties understood the importance of free speech.

I always took it at poking fun at perversion & humanity. But it always came out to free speech. R.I.P. larry...

a reply to: Liquesence

Plenty of people who think free speech should be restricted through law though, and they aren't talking about Larry Flynt style stuff. They're talking about ideology, hate speech (or rather speech they hate to hear).

a reply to: ketsuko

I always respected your opinions . To me anyone fighting for free speech is an amazing patriot . If 1/10 of the people had the same fight that flynt had we would still live in a free country

a reply to: Bigburgh

Yeah, Falwell v. Hustler was mostly a libel issue (and butthurt feelz issue), libel being criminal when what Hustler published was protected speech because it was essentially satirical commentary.

a reply to: ketsuko

Yes, plenty of people *think* certain speech or ideologies should be legally restricted.

They are free to *think* that, though.

originally posted by: Edumakated

originally posted by: Liquesence
Surprised this hasn't been posted, but the man himself has passed away. Admittedly, I really don't know much about the man, and didn't even know who he was until The People vs. Larry Flynt, even though I had heard of Hustler.

My respect for him extends to what he did for free speech, which, again is based entirely on the movie.

Larry Flynt 'Hustler' Founder Dead at 78

Larry Flynt -- the famous and controversial publisher known for launching a porn empire -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

Family sources tell us the mogul passed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles from heart failure.

May he rest well for his defense of free speech, even if the reasons were business oriented and selfish rather than truly noble.

Variety

Mandela effect. Could sworn he died couple years ago

Same here. I was sure he died. I remember thinking about it

The first time he died was really sad... the sting has been lessened with this passing.

Someone needs to reboot our server.

a reply to: Baddogma

Defrag immediately we got respawns and glitches galore.

originally posted by: Edumakated

originally posted by: Liquesence
Surprised this hasn't been posted, but the man himself has passed away. Admittedly, I really don't know much about the man, and didn't even know who he was until The People vs. Larry Flynt, even though I had heard of Hustler.

My respect for him extends to what he did for free speech, which, again is based entirely on the movie.

Larry Flynt 'Hustler' Founder Dead at 78

Larry Flynt -- the famous and controversial publisher known for launching a porn empire -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

Family sources tell us the mogul passed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles from heart failure.

May he rest well for his defense of free speech, even if the reasons were business oriented and selfish rather than truly noble.

Variety

Mandela effect. Could sworn he died couple years ago

You might be mixing him up with Hugh Heffner?