Drudge protogee and professional asshole Andrew Breitbard.
It is interesting watching the various lefty groups and commentators twist themselves trying to say something nice about him (in a couple hours I'm sure most will stop trying).
"We always respected his dedication to his beliefs" and such nonsense.
I have never had any problem with his beliefs (though I disagreed with pretty much all of them) or his level of dedication. It is the manner in which he exhibited his dedicated pursuit of his beliefs that made him a reprehensible person.
I'm not glad he's dead. I wouldn't have wished him dead. It is a horrible thing for his his friends and family.
But I am glad for the side effect that he will no longer be part of the conversation because he did his very best to taint that conversation through his simple participation.
It will be interesting to see what level of conspiracy talk there is. After all, if Putin's loudest internet critic, 43-year-old and not obviously unhealthy, suddenly died in the lead up to an election we'd all assume a reasonably good chance he'd been taken out.
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