Reply #7: just an fyi... [View All]

[bliss_eternal]

...larry flynt is frequently hailed as some sort of progressive hero on this site. :eyes::puke:
(in spite of much evidence to the contrary...)

apparently many on du have bought into the lies presented in the 'people vs. larry flynt', and think him some sort of free speech warrior.

admittedly, i was amused by flynt' attempt to point out the hypocrisy of the right wing, during the clinton scandal--by offering a sizeable cash reward to anyone w/dirt on congress members. but this pales in comparison to flynt's other exploits, imo. :scared:

For years a popular feature in Flynt's signature publication, Hustler, was a cartoon that followed the exploits of a fictional serial sexual abuser of young girls, Chester the Molester. The cartoon was discontinued only when the cartoonist, Dwayne Tinsley, was convicted of sexually abusing his real-life daughter -- who claimed the art was a chronicle of her actual victimization.

excerpt from:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-katz/dennis-kucinich-endorses-_b_77226.html


gloria steinem's article regarding hollywood's sanitized version of flynt:

Filmgoers don't see such Hustler features as "Dirty Pool," which in January 1983 depicted a woman being gang-raped on a pool table. A few months after those pictures were published, a woman was gang-raped on a pool table in New Bedford, Mass. Mr. Flynt's response to the crime was to publish a postcard of another nude woman on a pool table, this time with the inscription, "Greetings from New Bedford, Mass. The Portuguese Gang-Rape Capital of America."

Nor do you see such typical Hustler photo stories as a naked woman in handcuffs who is shaved, raped, and apparently killed by guards in a concentration-camp-like setting ("The Naked and the Dead"). You won't even meet "Chester the Molester," the famous Hustler cartoon character who sexually stalks girls.

excerpt from:
http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/media/flynt.htm