Larry Flynt lived to see Jerry Falwell die.

[Beelzebud]

Maybe there is a god. :)

[derby378]

1. Ouch!

I guess the "no snarkiness" period on DU has just expired...

[Kurovski]

2. God bless Larry Flynt

May he live to be 100.

[porphyrian]

3. There'll be a party tonight at his place, I'll bet. - n/t

[Swamp Rat]

22. Exactly! ...... Party at Larry Flynt's house!!!

:D

[porphyrian]

33. Campari should donate a couple of cases. - n/t

[roguevalley]

30. Actually, they were friends.

[porphyrian]

32. If you say so. - n/t

[snooper2]

4. that's greatness....good for Mr. Flynt

If there was one grave I would piss on...it will be filled soon...

[William769]

5. Couldn't agree more.

[Solly Mack]

6. Flynt will send flowers...he won't be able to resist

[NYCGirl]

7. They did a number of debates together a few years ago, and Larry, bless his

heart, said he actually liked Falwell. That, my friends, is a real Christian attitude.

[leftchick]

23. it is interesting

there are a lot of sane people that think he was "nice". :shrug:

[NYCGirl]

26. Flynt respected Falwell as a fellow "huckster." Larry's no fool. NT

[NNN0LHI]

8. You know I swear I was thinking about that minutes before you posted this n/t

[mitchum]

9. Yessss!!!

[spotbird]

10. Not snaky at all

Just an astute observation of one of the ironies in this world.

If there is a God, Falwell is where he belongs now.

[Mad_Dem_X]

21. Nicely put

"If there is a God, Falwell is where he belongs now."

Exactly!

[liberal N proud]

11. Revenge

[Rick Myers]

12. Hear that sound???

It's Hell adding a new wing!

Sorry, Falwell was a hateful man.

[YOY]

13. May a little joy come to his wonderfully perverted heart

Any guy who acts like nothing is sacred is ok in my book.

[underpants]

14. "Sue me? **** that SUE HIM!"

[Nimrod2005]

15. Praise the Lord

[Catherine Vincent]

16. What was the rift between Falwell and Flynt?

Why did they not like each other? Well I know why Falwell didn't like Flynt but Flynt wasn't political. Are they both from Arkansas?

[Beelzebud]

17. Watch The People Vs. Larry Flynt. Falwell tried to destroy Flynt's career.

[NYCGirl]

18. Here's the whole story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell

Larry Flynt made a fortune and contributed to the rise of the sexual revolution in America through publication of Hustler magazine. While Hustler has always been known for its explicit, even gynecological pictures of nude women and its crude humor, the prominent fundamentalist Protestant minister Jerry Falwell found nothing funny about a 1983 parody featuring him. In a parody of a magazine advertisement for a popular alcoholic drink, Hustler described a drunk Falwell having an incestuous encounter with his mother in an outhouse. Falwell sued Flynt, alleging libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The satire in question was a fake advertisement, parodying a real advertising campaign for Campari, an Italian apéritif. The real ads were tongue-in-cheek interviews with celebrities talking about their “first time.” The ads played off a double entendre, with the headline (“X talks about his first time”) and the interview first sounding like a discussion of the star’s first sexual experience, then revealing that the discussion was about their first time trying Campari.

The Hustler parody featured a picture of Falwell, and an "interview" in which "Falwell" describes his first sexual experience as occurring “with Mom” in an outhouse while both were "drunk off our God-fearing asses on Campari." In the spoof interview, "Falwell" goes on to say that he was so intoxicated that "Mom looked better than a Baptist whore with a $100 donation," that he decided to have sex with his mother since she had "showed all the other guys in town such a good time," and that they had intercourse regularly afterwards. Finally, when asked if he had tried Campari since, "Falwell" answered, "I always get sloshed before I go out to the pulpit. You don’t think I could lay down all that bullshit sober, do you?" The ad carried a disclaimer in small print at the bottom of the page, reading "ad parody -- not to be taken seriously." The magazine's table of contents also listed the ad as "Fiction; Ad and Personality Parody."

A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia found the parody did not amount to libel. This was in part because New York Times v. Sullivan set a very high standard -- "actual malice" -- for libel against "public figures," such as politicians and celebrities. Moreover, libel pertains to a false statement of fact, while the jury found that the ad "was not reasonably believable." The jury was not convinced that a typical person reading the satire would have thought that Jerry Falwell really did make the statements in question or have sex with his mother in an outhouse. Nonetheless, the jury returned $150,000 in damages for Falwell on the basis that Flynt had intentionally inflicted "emotional distress" on Falwell. Flynt decided to appeal.

[YOY]

20. Falwell was a jesus nut and didn't like that Flynt made porn

as a rebuttal, Hustler made a faux article about the first time Jerry had sex...with his mother naturally. Falwell didn't like that and tried to sue Larry. Larry countersued. Watch the movie "The People versus Larry Flynt." Larry took no shit for the shit that Falwell has said about him over the years.

Flynt is from Cincinatti as far as I know. It's where he started his empire.

[Catherine Vincent]

35. Thanks guys!

I guess I would be upset at Flynt too if he did that to me....even if it was satire.

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. Falwell DIED????? Are you kidding me? WHEN? What happened? n/t

[YOY]

24. around 10:45 this morning

Here is the cnn link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/jerry.falwell.ap/index.html

[Solly Mack]

25. He was found unconscious - then a little while later...dead

that's the official story

the unofficial story was he got a phone call from those tracking the DC Madam's phone records and just dropped (nasty rumor started by "some say")

[in_cog_ni_to]

28. G-d is good. Isn't she?

:7

:bounce:

[Solly Mack]

29. that man made people's lives miserable

he was just plain horrible

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. ditto that!

I wish i could see his face as he hits the gates of HELL!:rofl:

[Beelzebud]

27. Jesus came down from heaven and pinched his head off!

:D

[MistressOverdone]

34. I just can't look to either of them as role models.