Domestic Terrorist… And Proud of It! – by Honor Belle

Hey, there! It’s Honor here! I just finished English 101 at the University of Southern Indiana. My professor assigned the class an essay, in which we were able to choose a topic from a small selection. I chose the following option:

We’ve all been in situations where someone judges you (or you judge someone) based upon perceptions of the way you look, speak, or act. Write an essay that illustrates an incident or occasion where you (or someone you know well) were the “victim” (or instigator) of a stereotypical view or bias—or explore a time when you suddenly became aware there was a vast difference between the way the world saw you and the way you perceive yourself to be.

This was my answer:

Domestic Terrorism is classified as violent, criminal acts committed by individuals or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences.*

Although this definition in no way, shape, or form matches who I am or what I do, the mainstream, left-biased media has attached this definition to people like me, who act out of patriotism, constitutionality, and biblical values.

While watching the nightly news a few months ago, something the reporter was stating caused a trail of shivers to travel down my spine. Apparently, there are three specific potential terror threats facing the United States of America. First, a domestic terrorist is anyone who does not comply with COVID-19 protocols.

At the start of the pandemic, my family felt the same way as anyone else. We were all scared and on-edge. We wore masks when my aunt hosted a garage sale. We would Lysol our mail and wipe down our groceries before they came in the house. Only my mom would walk into Wal-Mart when shopping, and even then, she would be very cautious. But time passed on.

We discovered that theatrics composed the majority of the fear infused in this plan-demic. We learned that the facts surrounding COVID-19 did not warrant the response; therefore, we began to live our lives in the normal, Godly, American way we had always done. This meant we didn’t feel social distancing was necessary; we didn’t wear masks in public; and when the vaccine came about, we did not see it as crucial. We are not afraid of the virus and believe in the immune systems God gave us, so we do not follow the measures recommended by man.

Unfortunately, the United States’ current administration views each of these things as essential to the point of punishment. Not only are they willing to take away the American citizens’ God-given, unalienable right to choose, but they are completely open to mandating a vaccine that has caused over 17,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of adverse effects in less than a year of its release.**

They are willing to mandate that deathly dose to the extreme of having to choose between a shot and your job; lose your livelihood and struggle or risk irreversible injury or death and support your family. They are willing to force adults and children to wear a piece of cloth over their faces, not knowing the long-term effects of this mandate. They are willing to promote fear to the American people when the survival rate is over 99%.***

They are willing to practically ban medicines that have been proven to defeat COVID by threatening pharmacies with enormous fines. They are willing to bribe doctors to report non-coronavirus deaths as a COVID death with money, yet fine them royally when prescribing something administration-banned like Ivermectin. The government is willing to cast out any and all transparency, lying to their constituents and citizens, and yet I am called the “domestic terrorist”. Simply because I would rather not bow to fear each day of my life, the government labels me a potential terrorist threat. Because I use my constitutional right to choose, I am a “danger” to the United States.

The University of Southern Indiana also has a name for “dangerous” students like me. “Public safety threat” is what they call us. Something as simple as walking down a giant, nearly empty hallway without a piece of cloth over my face turned into me speed-walking into a bathroom stall. Why, you ask? Because a woman was on my heels, chasing after me. Not only did she follow me through the hallway and into the restroom, yelling at me to put on a mask, she also barked at me twice more while I was standing inside the locked stall, the second time threatening to call the Public Safety (mask police) on me.

Luckily that was all the effort she could muster; she huffed and left me to be alone in my stall after I repeated, “I’m in the restroom” twice firmly. Who would have thought sitting maskless in a completely empty hallway on the second floor of USI’s Business and Engineering building would warrant a similar, but less extreme, response?

A man had walked past me and asked if I could put on a mask. I replied with a kind, “I’m good, there’s no one around for me to infect,” to which he stated it was university policy. I then used my favorite line: “That’s okay, I have an immune system.”

According to the anonymous individual, if you are unvaccinated, you do not have an immune system. I replied with a cheerful but firm, “I do have one, God gave me one when I was born,” and with a shake of his head, the man left the room. A piece of cloth. A small piece of cloth caused a woman to chase me into a bathroom stall and for me to be harassed by a number of USI staff members, yet somehow, I am the “public safety threat”.

The speakers on my TV shouted that anyone who celebrates religious holidays or recognizes the anniversary of September 11, 2001 is also a potential terror threat. As a Christian, I celebrate Good Friday, Easter, and Christmas every year. As an American born in 2003, I recognize the pain, suffering, and togetherness that 9/11 brought. America is the melting pot of peoples. Part of its beauty is the freedom to express religion without the fear of persecution. What occurred on September 11^th, 2001 was absolutely, undeniably horrifying, but my parents have shared with me that what occurred on September 12^th and the days following was breathtakingly beautiful. Citizens stretching across the entire nation set aside their divisive agendas and differences and banded together to support one another. I refuse to set aside my religion and disregard this monumental moment in history; therefore, my family, friends, and I are called potential terror threats.

The third potential terror threat announced was against anyone who claims the 2020 election was fraudulent or believes President Donald Trump could be reinstated. Truth is censored yet again. Despite the fact that election fraud has factually been proven in a number of states across the nation, including Indiana, the media insists the narrative of transparent voting be accepted. Defendant Janet Reed plead guilty to voter fraud this summer in the Vanderburgh County Court system. I witnessed Janet receive her slap-on-the-wrist sentence. For me to be named “potential terror threat” because I believe in honest, transparent elections, the opposite of what clearly occurred, should be a burning red flag for Americans everywhere.

We are lucky to live in a country where we, normally, would not be chastised due to our personal beliefs. The First Amendment protects our right to free speech, and if I would like to utilize that right by preaching my hopes of President Trump being reinstated, then I will do just that, even if it results in criticism or the false label of domestic terrorist.

The most striking occurrence right now has to do with parents speaking to school boards about their children’s education. A simple task, really. I spoke to the EVSC school board this summer, and, although I didn’t feel heard whatsoever, I was able to physically sit in front of three board members and speak, all while wearing a mandatory but unwanted face covering with “THIS MASK IS USELESS” scrawled across it in my own handwriting.

Unfortunately, quite a lot has changed since my moment in front of Reverend Terry Gamblin, the infamous Amy Word, and Karen Ragland, who sat down long enough to hear 60 seconds of my voice but added three minutes of hers. Now, parents are openly being silenced in a multitude of states in America. These parents, who are simply expressing their concerns about their children’s education, are now called domestic terrorists, too. Since I attended an array of school board rallies and meetings this summer, as well as spoke to the board, I suppose I now have four counts of “potential terror threat” on my record.

Patriotism, following the Constitution, proper parenting, celebrating certain holidays, and simply stating factual evidence are not potential terror threats. The Oklahoma City bombing was domestic terrorism. The Boston Marathon bombing was domestic terrorism. The school shooting at Sandy Hook was domestic terrorism. People were actively planning ways to harm Americans. Protecting your unalienable rights is hardly the same thing as plotting harm against your fellow Americans.

The mainstream media calls it domestic terrorism; I call it patriotism. Liberals says potential terror threat; I say lover of liberty. The administration at the University of Southern Indiana says I’m a public safety threat; I say I’m an avid fighter of indoctrination.

Maybe you’ll read this, consider my perspective, and agree that the current notion of patriots like me is, at the very least, exaggerated. Or maybe you’ll concur that I should be given the unwarranted title of domestic terrorist. Either way, this essay will find its way into a local conservative newspaper, and you can bet those readers will find it to be true.

I received an 87% on this paper. My professor told me he didn’t think it was written for the English 101 class, and I have to agree with him. I did not, and will not, waste my words on a meaningless curriculum. I did not record my experiences and thoughts for the purpose of an assignment. I did not write this essay for him or his class. This paper was written for myself and for anyone who reads and feels it pertains to them.

Keep fighting the good fight, even if it means getting chased into a bathroom stall. And if the real insurrectionists, the anti-Americans, the hate-mongers must lower themselves so much that they have to call you names, just own it, and be a patriot regardless of what they call you. After all, they are the real domestic terrorists if they are pushing political discrimination in the greatest and most free country in the world in direct opposition of its founding documents. So, when they call you a domestic terrorist, what they mean is that you are a true patriot, and they hate you for it. They are the real enemy of the United States, and their childish name-calling and false accusations aren’t going to change that.

With all the patriotism, hope, and love I have to give,

Honor

*Definition from Federal Bureau of Investigation
**VAERS
***Medrxiv.org, et al.