Five brass megaphones point in different directions from a small wall shelf.

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Larry

Well, opinions are like assholes, your Honor. Everybody’s got one.

— The People vs. Larry Flynt · 1996

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker answers a judge with a crude quip: having a view is nothing special, because everyone has one. Comparing opinions to a vulgar body part while saying 'your Honor' deflates any special weight the court might give to opinions, including its own, with irreverent bluntness.

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