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Title: Larry Flynt speaks out on telling Falwell he was 'full of it' and Bush's abuse of government
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Raw Story
URL Source: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Larry ... t_speaks_out_on_Bush_0709.html
Published: Jul 10, 2007
Author: David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Post Date: 2007-07-10 19:51:59 by Zipporah
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Views: 129
Comments: 9
Rollins first asked Flynt about his reaction to the death of Jerry Falwell, against whom Flynt won a landmark free speech case in 1983. Flynt replied that although he never agreed with Falwell on any issue, as a result of their joint participation in many debates over the years, he finally "could see him as a human being." Flynt recalled an occasion when Falwell came to see him at his office, saying, "I honesty believe that he was there to bury the hatchet. I don't think ... he felt he was on the winning side of that free speech issue." "I was probably the only guy in his entire inner circle of people who knew him who could just tell him he was full of it," continued Flynt. "And he didn't get mad at me for that." Rollins then suggested that the importance of the pivotal Supreme Court verdict overturning a lower court's judgment against Flynt for his scurrilous parody of Falwell has never been properly recognized. "Had that decision been allowed to stand," agreed Flynt, "someone could sue you and they wouldn't have to prove libel. All they'd have to do is prove you hurt their feelings. Or their dog's feelings. Or their grandfather's feelings." However, Flynt also displayed some bitterness, saying "I could have settled. ... I wanted to fight it all the way because I wanted to win. But if I knew that I would have got as little recognition after spending 3 1/2 million dollars, I would have never went the distance on that case, because if people don't care any more than that about free speech, then let them defend their own concept of free speech." When Rollins brought up President Bush, Flynt responded, "I can't think of a single area of government that Bush hasn't abused in the most fundamental way. I think he's actually scared a lot of people. ... They're really frightened of him." Flynt suggested that it is only the Iraq quagmire that has spared the porn industry from Bush's worst intentions. Rollins asked Flynt about his decision not to run nude photos he obtained of Jessica Lynch, the soldier whose capture by Iraqi forces in 2003 was exploited by the US government for propaganda purposes. Flynt said that if Lynch had played the role of a hero, as the administration wanted, he would have published the pictures, but "she was a victim" of Cheney and Wolfowitz and he wasn't about to "ruin her life." Rollins responded to that statement by calling Flynt a "moral person." Flynt seemed taken aback and responded, "The only thing you can say about me and be true is that I'm a pornographer ... I've never apologized for being a fan of the curious form of art which is pornography." The following video is from IFC's Henry Rollins Show, broadcast on July 6. 
Larry Flynt appeared Friday on Henry Rollins' show on the Independent Film Channel.
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
The best show NOT offered on my cable package... :-(
I dont have cable.. It's odd.. there are those Ive been in total opposition to in the past... that now Im finding that due to the political climate .. that I have more in common with i regard to politics than I ever thought was possible.
I would agree...I believe it is because we now have access to information that was kept from us before by managed media outlets like television and newspapers; neither of which I pay much attention to anymore.
I wish I didn't, but my wife would go nuts...
I always learn about these things secondhand too. In a way it's good that Larry doesn't keep calling me, telling me about all this shit. I'd never get past the idea that it wasn't Hannity trying to prank me, for one thing...
"A functioning police state needs no police." - William S Burroughs
well I found myself only watching Cspan and Link TV.. I miss Link but it seemed a lot of $ to watch 2 stations.. so I canned it.
What is this "cable package" of which you speak? All the good stuff is online, edited and commercial-free. I don't have 44 minutes per hour to devote to Chris Matthews or whoever, just in the hope that there's going to be 2 minutes of excitement.
The "Department of Defense" has never won a war. The "War Department" was undefeated.
there's that *uniter not a divider* thing again.....for once bush was telling the truth, we just thought he meant something different by it
In the end it comes down to right and wrong ... not right and left.
Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say 'what should be the reward of such sacrifices?' Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, supplicate the friendship, plough, sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth? If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”
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#2. To: who knows what evil (#1)
#3. To: Zipporah (#2)
It's odd.. there are those Ive been in total opposition to in the past... that now Im finding that due to the political climate .. that I have more in common with i regard to politics than I ever thought was possible.
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#4. To: Zipporah (#2)
I dont have cable..
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
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#6. To: who knows what evil (#4)
#7. To: who knows what evil (#1)
The best show NOT offered on my cable package... :-(
#8. To: Zipporah (#2)
It's odd.. there are those Ive been in total opposition to in the past... that now Im finding that due to the political climate .. that I have more in common with i regard to politics than I ever thought was possible.
#9. To: Zipporah (#2)
It's odd.. there are those Ive been in total opposition to in the past... that now Im finding that due to the political climate .. that I have more in common with i regard to politics than I ever thought was possible.
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