Joe Stack Hailed as Hero in American 'Patriot' Resurgence

[ingac70]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/patriot-movement-calling-joe-stack-hero/story?id=9889443

*Most were shocked by the charred scene of Joe Stack's kamikaze attack on a Texas IRS office, but for an alarmingly growing number of Americans Stack is a hero.

The Web was studded with praise for Stack almost immediately after his plane slammed into the Austin office complex Thursday morning. The admiring salutes appearing on sites ranging from Facebook to the pages of extremist groups reflect what experts say is an "explosive growth" in the anti-government patriot movement.

"Extremist groups are already aligning behind , beginning to talk about him as a hero," said Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center which studies American militia and hate groups. "The growth of those groups has been astounding."

Stack's suicide note, an angry rant against the IRS and the government which was posted online the morning of his death, got around 20 million hits before it was taken down at the request of the FBI, according to Alex Melen, president and founder of T35, the network service provider for the Web site where the note was posted. *

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[aquart]

1. Oh, will they all fly their little planes into buildings?

How about just wearing suicide vests and getting on a bus?

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. "Small aircraft manufacturers rejoice, expect huge surge in sales"

"Strack attack" is a huge boost.

The recession is over for them, evidently.

[foxfeet]

3. Yes, and Ahmed was such a hero for blowing himself up.

Not much difference.

[JuniperLea]

6. None at all, methinks...

They will never get it... they don't want to.

[Mike 03]

4. This is worriesome, to say the least

This was a terrible act, but like Oklahoma City and Waco, there are going to be tons of people all over the political spectrum who attempt to redefine this disturbed individual as a martyr of some kind.

Not only that, but I am fearful of copycats.

[Bobbieo]

5. The American Taliban in action!!!!