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Somehow many Americans still haven't gotten past the whole 'sex = icky' idea.

The perceived skeeviness of Flynt is also why you don't hear all that much about why he shot. Sure, people know that he was in a wheel chair because he got shot. But why? Because a white supremacist terrorist didn't like the fact Flynt's magazines showed interracial couples.

He advanced the cause of American Freedom of Speech. Like real Freedom of Speech. Not these fake I-got-kicked-off-social-media-so-1st-amendment freedom of speech arguments that are so popular these days. But actual freedom of speech.

He also got shot by a terrorist because Flynt had the audacity to show people of different skin color enjoying themselves.

Flynt deserves more than that headline.

parent whoknew1122 5 years ago

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