Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World

by Andrew Breitbart

I noticed that in many pieces by the “objective” mainstream media, I was described as “ultraconservative” or “überconservative.” But I bet these people can’t even tell you what my position is on most political issues. Were they intentionally marginalizing me by calling me über-and ultraconservative without any clue that I voted for Proposition 19, which was an attempt to legalize marijuana in California? Were they labeling me in order to discredit me without even finding out that my agnostic sensibilities cause me to waver on the tectonic issue of gay marriage? And then I realized that it didn’t matter how they labeled me. At the end of the day, I know I’m not an aspiring political pundit, that I don’t consider my voice any greater than my neighbor’s voice, that my opinion on gay marriage is no more important than that of someone who is gay and is in a committed relationship, and that my thoughts on marijuana legalization are no more important than those of an orthodox Jew who has a deep problem with illegal drugs. I understood that if anybody thinks that my mission is to become another person you see on TV or hear on radio pontificating “It’s my way or the highway” on such matters, they’ve completely missed my point.