He was a dirty-minded scumbag. The Pied Piper who led the simple-minded to the modern day version of Leprosy. The only thing he liberated people from was virtue.
Exactly!
Amen.
Very apt.
The abandonment of virtue is not liberation. It is slavery to sin. Hefner was a slave to his sins, wallowing in them like a pig in filth and urging his followers to do likewise.