Stack’s attack was an isolated, small scale expression of populist rage, spilling over into terrorism. “Violence not only is the answer,” he wrote, “it is the only answer.”
The opening day account on Fox News sounded a suitably defensive note. “Don’t let anyone tell you this is not a big deal,” reporter Carl Cameron said. “If this gathering is unimportant and this movement is a mirage, why are its detractors so upset and its participants so upbeat?”