I think people are missing the real lesson of Joe Stack. He exemplifies what the US has become. Even Tim McVeigh wasn’t desperate enough to plan to die in carrying out his attack.
Joe Stack is to me the American kamikaze, the American suicide bomber. He is a new breed. Joe Stack proves that the terrorists were able to change us. Before 9/11, despite all our crime, we didn’t do terror attacks. We had so much to live for. Now we are frustrated, divided, broke and in some cases, criminally angry.
The fallout from 9/11 changed us – we reacted just like the terrorists hoped. We gave up our civil liberties while war profiteers made mad clutches for taxpayer billions. We bungled into two invasions of countries that hadn’t attacked us, nor planned to, nor were capable of hurting us – and our best military minds knew this and said so beforehand.
I’d like the author to clarify this: “The principles from the 9-12 movement form the backbone and defining characteristics of what it means to be a patriot of the tea party movement”
This is terribly vague. What does it mean to be a tea party patriot? I think the author expects us to be able to read his mind. Good writing spells it out for clarity.
