He was a far left liberal nut who used his profits from porn to help destroy America.
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I don’t know how to feel about the guy
I was trying to be kind ....... and failing
He wanted to mainline porn into the bloodstream of society. He succeeded and built an empire
Then he had to watch as the Internet made ever more hard core porn ubiquitous and cheap. It destroyed his empire. I’d bet that not many millennials of the male persuasion have ever seen a Playboy centerfold
“I don’t know how to feel about the guy”
He was definitely a mixed bag.However, along with the Kinsey reports, Peyton Place etc he contributed mightily to ending the bogus hypocritical faux puritanism that plagued the country from the beginning. Ultra self righteous worthies such as the Jimmy Swaggert, Jim Bakker, Mike Murdoch types exposed. In short, since all the prurience and debauchery was going on sub rosa, Hef and other factors liberated us all.