I was on trial for obscenity in Lawrence Hill, Georgia and I was shot on my way to the courthouse.

I woke up three months later and actually I was a whole year recovering. I really almost

died as result of a gunshot wound. But the man who shot me shot me over a black and white

photo feature that we've published in the magazine.

That is the disgusting Larry Flint who ran Hustler magazine, Hustler Inc. often labeled a

free speech advocate, but he was really only fighting for the opportunity to become rich

off a porn. I mean, I don't think he cared that much about the nation.

Wasn't the trial over a political cartoon?

It was. Yeah. I've got to disagree with you to some extent. He did make some really good

pro First Amendment arguments at a time when there was too much censorship still. Now,

yes, it's hard. He wanted to sell more porn. Showgirl, whether it look like teenagers

in a brightly lit naked shot. Well, they filtered all of it so that parts were unnatural

colors, but yeah, which is odd. I find the most parts fine. It's got made them. But yeah,

so he was absolutely a disgusting guy. But again, it's worth looking at what he actually

said about the First Amendment.

So that was a particularly glib clip of him. I remember when we interviewed them, I think

we talked to him at least twice, but I know the last time we talked to him. This is

what he sounded like. Ask him a question. Free speech was at the very heart of your argument,

wasn't it, Mr. Flint?

I thought that's what he was like. Yeah, it was an exercise in skin crawling patience.

And yes, I understand he was paranoid, paralyzed by a gunshot. I mean, I have to listen

to him. No. Well, he's passed Jack. I don't know if we buried the lead. Oh, that's right.

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