If there’s one thing we’ve all learned from Andrew Breitbart, it’s that you can never, ever back down, even in the face of blatant hatred. Soon after Breitbart’s critics surfaced in full force, conservatives found back, hard. Breitbart was famous for re-tweeting his critics, especially the vilest ones. Following Breitbart’s passing, conservatives took on that responsibility. Soon, my Twitter feed was no longer filled with tweets from well-wishers. Instead, twitter was flooded with re-tweets exposing the hateful commentaries made about Breitbart’s death.
When it comes to exposing liberal intolerance, Andrew Breitbart was at the forefront. Yet, that cause did not falter after his death. Conservatives took on Breitbart’s mantle and made the cause that much stronger.
Andrew Breitbart was truly a “Jedi for the Conservative Cause.” Like his Star Wars counterparts, he was sometimes viewed as odd, off-kilter or just plain crazy. However, Breitbart’s passionate mission to expose the intolerant liberal agenda lives on. Andrew Breitbart may be gone, but his legacy will continue through all of us. He truly is now more powerful than anyone could ever imagine. That strength rests in the efforts of Breitbart’s conservative supporters, many of whom are now using the #IamAndrewBreitbart hashtag on Twitter. It’s now up to us to memorialize him by making his mission our own.
Andrew Breitbart may have passed on, but his passion is stronger than ever in the collective conservative conscience. Even in death, he has liberals shaking in their boots (Just wait until his videos of Obama’s college days are released in the next week). (Editor’s Note: one such video has since been released by BuzzFeed.) Yet, now that he’s gone, it’s time for the conservative blogging community to pick up where he left off. We are all Andrew Breitbart now.