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'''Larry Flynt''' is the founder of the immoral and pornographic magazine ''Hustler''.  Since founding the magazine, Flynt has become an advocate of a liberal conception of [[free speech]], under which profanity and pornography are classed as "protected speech."
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'''Larry Flynt''' is the founder of the immoral and pornographic magazine ''Hustler''.  Since founding the magazine, Flynt has become an advocate of a liberal conception of [[free speech]], under which profanity and pornography are classed as protected speech.
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Flynt acquired national status when he published a satirical article defaming, in disgusting terms, preacher [[Jerry Falwell]].  Falwell sued Flynt, but lost in the [[Supreme Court]], when the [[ACLU]] defended him.  The case was dramatized in the equally vulgar movie, ''The People v. Larry Flynt''.  Since Flynt's case, slanderous satire has been presumed acceptable as "free speech."
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Flynt acquired national status when he published a satirical article defaming, in disgusting terms, preacher [[Jerry Falwell]].  Falwell sued Flynt, but lost in the [[Supreme Court]], when the [[ACLU]] defended him.  The case was dramatized in the 1996 film 'The People v. Larry Flynt.  Since Flynt's case, slanderous satire has been presumed acceptable as free speech.
    
[[category:Culture War]]
 
[[category:Culture War]]
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