I knew of him, but never really got into listening to his broadcasts until quite recently. I have noticed a lot of similar patterns in his arguments and even his mocking of the "lemmings" to most of the natsoc/pro-white/etc. crowd today, and a fascinating phenomenon is that several times i have found myself listening, and thinking of a conclusion to an argument he is making before says exactly what i'm thinking. So, as someone who is quite ignorant of his impact, i wanted to ask: Just how influential was he?
Side note : i saw pictures of him before i listened more regularly and always imagined him as a more posh, proper, elitist sort of man in his attitude due to his appearance. With all the squinting and the stern expression on his face. I was pleasantly surprised with how wrong i was. His appearance in his younger years is what i would associate with his personality in his podcast. As he aged i saw more of the physics professor in his physiognomy.
I think the man was brilliant, but also a lunatic and so full of hate that he failed to achieve a balanced understanding of life. He was the rabid result you get when you oppress and gaslight a people. And he showed me those feelings are ok to honestly assess within yourself.
His life's work allowed me to shed "white guilt" without going down the path of rabid fanaticism. If I can make an analogy: I'm the book The Brigade to Pierce's Turner Diaries.