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'''Larry Flynt''' is the founder of the immoral and pornographic magazine ''Hustler''. Flynt is an [[atheism|atheist]]<ref>Flynt writes, "I have left my religious conversion behind and settled into a comfortable state of atheism": see the epilogue of Flynt and Ross</ref><ref>"I am not saying he don't believe in God. I am just saying I don't believe in God. That puts me at odds with him." ''[http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9701/11/falwell.v.flynt/lkl.00.html Larry King Live]'', January 10, 1996</ref> See also: [[Atheism and pornography]]  

'''Larry Flynt''' is the founder of the immoral and pornographic magazine ''Hustler''. Flynt is an [[atheism|atheist]]<ref>Flynt writes, "I have left my religious conversion behind and settled into a comfortable state of atheism": see the epilogue of Flynt and Ross</ref><ref>"I am not saying he don't believe in God. I am just saying I don't believe in God. That puts me at odds with him." ''[http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9701/11/falwell.v.flynt/lkl.00.html Larry King Live]'', January 10, 1996</ref> See also: [[Atheism and pornography]]  

In 1998, Larry Flynt took out an ad in the [[Washington Post]] offering a $1 million reward for scandalous stories that could be used to smear Clinton critics as the impeachment of President [[Bill Clinton]] was looming.<ref>Robert J. Caldwell, "Scorched Earth; Clinton's allies trigger the `Doomsday Machine' against his enemies The San Diego Union-Tribune, G-4 (Jan. 17, 1999)</ref> [[Bill Clinton]] later thanked Flynt for saving his presidency.<ref>[http://observer.com/2000/08/its-poker-night-with-larry-flynt-porn-king-discourses-on-sex-gore/ It’s Poker Night With Larry Flynt! Porn King Discourses on Sex, Gore], By Andrew Goldman, ''New York Observer'',  08/28/00</ref>

In 1998, Larry Flynt took out an ad in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' offering a $1 million reward for scandalous stories that could be used to smear Clinton critics as the impeachment of President [[Bill Clinton]] was looming.<ref>Robert J. Caldwell, "Scorched Earth; Clinton's allies trigger the `Doomsday Machine' against his enemies The San Diego Union-Tribune, G-4 (Jan. 17, 1999)</ref> [[Bill Clinton]] later thanked Flynt for saving his presidency.<ref>[http://observer.com/2000/08/its-poker-night-with-larry-flynt-porn-king-discourses-on-sex-gore/ It’s Poker Night With Larry Flynt! Porn King Discourses on Sex, Gore], By Andrew Goldman, ''New York Observer'',  08/28/00</ref>

In 2003, ''Arena magazine'' magazine listed Flynt as #1 on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list.<ref>[http://www.onenewspage.us/people/ms9j0/Larry-Flynt.htm Larry Flynt - One News Page]</ref>  Flynt is paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained from a 1978 assassination attempt by the serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin.<ref>Flynt and Ross, pp. 170–171.</ref><ref>[http://www.onenewspage.us/people/ms9j0/Larry-Flynt.htm Larry Flynt - One News Page]</ref>  

In 2003, ''Arena magazine'' magazine listed Flynt as #1 on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list.<ref>[http://www.onenewspage.us/people/ms9j0/Larry-Flynt.htm Larry Flynt - One News Page]</ref>  Flynt is paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained from a 1978 assassination attempt by the serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin.<ref>Flynt and Ross, pp. 170–171.</ref><ref>[http://www.onenewspage.us/people/ms9j0/Larry-Flynt.htm Larry Flynt - One News Page]</ref>  

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.

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.  

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 publisher. Since Flynt's case, slanderous satire has been presumed acceptable as "free speech".  

Flynt, a longtime [[Democratic party]] activist and donor, endorsed and contributed to [[Hillary Clinton]] for president in the [[2016 presidential election]]. Clinton has not repudiated the endorsement nor returned the money despite allegations from Flynt's eldest daughter she had been sexually abused as a child by her father.<ref>{{Cite book

Flynt, a longtime [[Democrat Party]] activist and donor, endorsed and contributed to [[Hillary Clinton]] for president in the [[2016 presidential election]]. Clinton has not repudiated the endorsement nor returned the money despite allegations from Flynt's eldest daughter she had been sexually abused as a child by her father.<ref>{{Cite book

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