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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. | '''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. | ||
| − | 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'', directed by [[Milos Forman]], with [[Woody Harrelson]] as the notorious editor. | + | 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'', directed by [[Milos Forman]], with [[Woody Harrelson]] as the notorious editor. Since Flynt's case, slanderous satire has been presumed acceptable as free speech. |
[[category:Culture War]] | [[category:Culture War]] | ||
Revision as of 15:19, November 15, 2009
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.
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, directed by Milos Forman, with Woody Harrelson as the notorious editor. Since Flynt's case, slanderous satire has been presumed acceptable as free speech.