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Sitting on a caboose one

A Guy Called LULU — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:05:32 +0000

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Sitting on a caboose one night shortly after I had taken the local rep job and talking to an 'old head' about union business and stories about actions on that property he had been involved in since shortly after WWII. At some point he told me: If the choice is ever yours, protect the young guys. [seniority wise] If they are protected the old guys are too.

That quote of Flynt brought it to mind.

I absolutely agree that this

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 07:44:58 +0000

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I absolutely agree that this is an InspiringQuote pic.twitter.com/NBN4IcOBsf
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 11, 2021

Thanks, i don't know if

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:50:00 +0000

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Thanks, i don't know if popularity changes the inherent argument (girls get acid thrown on them in India - perhaps a nude Hustler issue of them would be good - seriously - tho perhaps not - does it encourage it? Does it expose and shame it? Is it just life in another form?) but says something that he was so well liked. And again, I'm not any particular Steinem fan, just remembered that letter as valuable input to weighing things - wouldn't be a proper obit without. I feel your better sympathies for the down-to-earth Flynt vs slick kind of weird Hefner, even tho there were good things to both's offering, along with the counterweight to the Moral Majority and similar.

I just scrolled through 100's

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:04:52 +0000

In reply to Well, i understand his

I just scrolled through 100's and 100's results for a search on Twitter for "Larry Flynt". I was actually shocked, I did not see evidence of one negative tweet, but tons of people wanting to express admiration and thanks some way, only a very few saying anything like "thanks for the porn," just lots of ordinary people who don't tweet a lot but they know about him that he was an important American character and that he touched their lives and they want to share that he died with their followers. One of a kind.

I think we've had the discussion before about Hugh Hefner. Now him I always found both a slimeball and goofball and way pretentious for no reason. I could never understand why so many celebs I thought were great liked him. Larry was down to earth, funny, an honest rebel, no bullshit and no pretensions.

On Gloria I will just say that as a teen I thought she was cool because her looks proved the guys wrong who said all feminists were feminists only because they were ugly. But by the time of college I realized she was basically a shallow People Magazine version of feminism, quite a bit uptight Yankee prim and a bit of a pill, and trying to imitate Susan Sarandon but way missing the mark because she had a very shallow intelligence. Good at mass market agitprop, i.e., let's infiltrate Playboy bunnydom.

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Larry Flynt was a heretic

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 03:39:09 +0000

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Larry Flynt was a heretic devil & a champion of freedom who’d make Marquis de Sade blush in his trousers. But Milos Forman, @Karaszewski & Scott Alexander captured his character with no moral compromise. Like it or not, we live in Larry Flynt’s world … https://t.co/AIYoANZhqi
— Leo Misleh (@leomisleh) February 11, 2021

You may not like how Larry Flynt made his money or lived his life, but he did a lot to stand up for freedom of speech in this country. For that, I'll be forever grateful. https://t.co/mcaWls87FG
— Dr. Amy Kristin Sanders (@amy_k_sanders) February 10, 2021

One of those weird things about being a lawyer is that we all know more about Larry Flynt than we should
— Colton Givens (@cgivens21) February 11, 2021

When I teach intro news writing, I love covering the Hustler case. Totally blows their minds that we have Larry Flynt to thank for 1A protections.
— Amber Hinsley, PhD (@amberhinsley) February 11, 2021

“If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it will protect all of you. Because I’m the worst.” — Larry Flynt https://t.co/vvRxHS5CMH
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 11, 2021

I got a letter from Larry Flynt one day, with an offer of $1 million to pose nude. He sent similar letters to Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd, Victoria Principal. We all turned him down. I have his gold letterhead stationery somewhere. Rest in peace #Hustler #LarryFlynt
— Lydia Cornell (@LydiaCornell) February 11, 2021

RIP to the legend Larry Flynt the amazing fearless fighter for freedom of speech & first amendment, a good man. My sincerest condolences to your wife Liz, Theresa &the entire family and LFP family be blessed with healing as we mourn your loss today #LarryFlynt #AmberLynn pic.twitter.com/YYf9k6P35K
— Amber Lynn ® (@XXXAmberLynns) February 11, 2021

Rest In Peace Larry Flynt: You became a beacon of light for sex workers and will always be remembered as a hero. I still remember my first meeting with you, you were a wonderful person and made me feel so seen as a new model struggling to find myself. I will never forget you
— Just Call Me Gingie (@GingaByteTv) February 11, 2021

Very sad news today. RIP Larry Flynt. pic.twitter.com/XdfHmcBVFT
— Jennifer Jarach (@JenniferJarach) February 11, 2021

R.I.P. Larry Flynt (1942-2021)

A king of porn, bad taste, and a true advocate for the first amendment.

I first heard of the man through The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996). A truly wonderful film. I highly recommend it. pic.twitter.com/IhGd0fXYcs
— Jacob Matthew Crawford (@JMCReviewer) February 11, 2021

Larry Flynt was the wall that shielded us from censorship by republicans and the churches. Thank you and RIP.
— catmanbleu (@catmanbleu) February 11, 2021

“Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.” #LarryFlynt #RIP @ImLarryFlynt pic.twitter.com/S4udvUQMe0
— Bryant R. Camareno (@camareno) February 11, 2021

There’s a whole generation of the uber woke that are discovering who #LarryFlynt is today. Cheers... pic.twitter.com/l6byU8DXn5
— JPC (@jasonpcollins) February 11, 2021

Well, i understand his

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 01:05:00 +0000

In reply to Yes I know but I have always

Well, i understand his offering money for hypocritical politicians boffing women or men on the side was a response to the Clinton-Lewinski thing, and man were there some juicy cases of hypocrisy - all for. But the charred women, brutal rapes, etc - that's not part of his heroism. It's a bit like Julian Assange worship - people are fixated on the Manning video from 2010 or whenever, but know nothing about Assange's gross unjournalistic behavior in so many cases since then.

Somewhat smilarly, do i know much about Steinem aside from this letter, her Ms. magazine, undercover Playboy exposé? Not really.

Yes I know but I have always

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:57:50 +0000

In reply to Gloria Steinem disagrees

Yes I know but I have always disagreed with her, I think he's a culture wars hero. After his big main contribution, he could still always be called on to contribute when no one else would, he didn't have to do that! Politicians could wisely butt out of culture warring and quit feeding the trolls, Larry would handle it and he was pretty damn good at it, too.

Gloria Steinem disagrees

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:51:00 +0000

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Gloria Steinem disagrees

(as do I - she made a good case all those years ago - don't see much as having changed - women still seem I'm last place for outrage, and whitewashing Flyby - who went the extra 100 miles to be outrageous and indecent always - seems as perverse as his mag)

Sure, pick on Falwell and you make friends - but that's the kind of ally of convenience that's dragged the GOP down. The enemy of your enemy isn't always a worthy friend)

https://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/media/flynt.htm

Shout out to Larry Flynt, who

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:40:59 +0000

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Shout out to Larry Flynt, who gave us this gem, and the court case Hustler vs Falwell. At least Evangelicals don't have to worry if he got saved or not.... pic.twitter.com/OGvYVQFkDi
— ProfB (@AntheaButler) February 10, 2021

Annette Gordon-Reed!

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:31:24 +0000

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Annette Gordon-Reed!

I have the most amazing letter from him asking me to blurb a book he wrote about presidents and sex.

Larry Flynt dead: Hustler publisher was 78 - Los Angeles Times https://t.co/l2nj4pabZZ
— Annette Gordon-Reed (@agordonreed) February 11, 2021