Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save The World! by Andrew Breitbart
Grand Central Publishing, April 15th, 2011
Andrew Breitbart came to my knowledge at a time when I still would have described myself as conservative. It was at a time when I’d started to listen to the more dissident and unknown voices on the right but I still had what would now be described as a “cucky” way of thinking. Although certainly no man of virtue, I was put off by vulgarity and direct attacks on the left though starting to find the latter more thrilling and effective. Where I first saw Breitbart gives a good indication of where I was as it was on a program called ‘Uncommon Knowledge’ hosted by Peter Robinson. This I believe was the very video I saw and as you can see, this is a good example of the defensive bow-tie conservatism that I now detest.
Breitbart was unique not only for his background but for the way he began using the Left’s own tactics against them. He attacked relentlessly and wasn’t too worried about how he looked doing it. In the short time he was on the public stage, he changed the political game significantly. He can fairly be seen in hindsight as someone that paved the way to Trump’s triumph in 2016. This is the reason I was interested in reading this book.