Jewish Lawyer (with A Greek Partner): I Confess I Am A Domestic Terrorist!

By Eric Levine

Not only do I support the right of parents around the country to challenge the teaching of Critical Race Theory to their school-age children, I agree with them substantively that their children should be taught to read, write, do math and love their country.  I agree with them that schools should not be teaching our children to feel guilty about themselves simply because they were born into a particular race or the lies of CRT that their country is evil and systemically racist.  Unfortunately, the Biden Administration has sided with the Progressives and is dispatching the FBI to confront these “domestic terrorists.”  This shocking development is more reminiscent of Josef Stalin’s deployment of the KGB to deal with “enemies of the Soviet state” than the traditional role of the FBI to investigate crimes and protect the Homeland. Allowing the FBI to be used to advance any political agenda is disgraceful and Attorney General, Merrick Garland and FBI Director, Christopher Wray should resign either in protest or for violating their oath to uphold the Constitution.

Because I am willing to say this publicly, it follows that Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and their Progressive allies consider me a “domestic terrorist.”   Perhaps I should fear that knock on my front door in the middle of the night because I not only side with these parents on the education issue, I support a whole range of ideas that are antithetical to their world view. Therefore, I have concluded that there is only one thing to do:  As with the Soviet show trials of the 1950s, I must confess my “crimes” publicly to avert the most sever punishment.  Below is just a partial list of “crimes” of “domestic terrorism” to which I am confessing.

MY CONFESSIONS RELATING TO MY MOST SERIOUS OFFENSE

I am a white male heterosexual Jew.  I cannot imagine anything worse than this offense.

I live in a single family home in the New York City suburb of Chappaqua, 4 miles from Bill and Hillary Clinton.

I have three children who are all contributing members to society of which I am enormously proud, including one son who is a Marine and who led a mortar platoon in Syria to fight ISIS.

I have an American flag and a flag of the United States Marine Corps flying from my front porch.

FOR THESE MOST SERIOUS OF TRANSGRESSIONS, I CONFESS:  I AM A DOMESTIC TERRORIST

MY CONFESSIONS RELATING TO MY LOVE FOR AMERICA

I believe the United States of America is the greatest country in the history of the World.

I believe that the United States is the freest country on earth.

I believe that the Constitution of the United States is the single most important political document ever drafted and the institutions it established must be protected from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

I believe that equal protection under the law and that the guarantee of equal opportunity for all is the gold standard.

I admit that I have no idea what diversity, inclusion and equity (“DIE”) mean other than being a talking point to mean whatever is convenient at any given moment to advance the Progressive’s socialist agenda.

I believe that racism exists in America but that the characterization of America as systemically racist is a lie.  How can I live with myself?

I believe that political disputes must be resolved through debate by a free exchange of ideas and that everyone gets to speak no matter how repugnant the point of view.

I believe that individual and religious liberty are crucial to our way of life.

I believe that government intimidation to squash speech is the tactic of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes and betray what America is all about.

FOR THESE TRANSGRESSIONS, I CONFESS:  I AM A DOMESTIC TERRORIST

MY CONFESSIONS RELATING TO THE ECONOMY AND TAXES

I believe that capitalism and free markets are the single greatest wealth and job creators in the history of the world and that socialism has failed everywhere and every time it has been tried.

I am a successful lawyer and my business employs 28 people and supports those 28 families.

I believe that I pay too much in taxes and that I pay more than my “fair share.” Oh, the shame I feel!

I admit that I do not know what “fair share” means except that it is a talking point to mean whatever is convenient at any given moment to advance the Progressive’s socialist agenda.  .

I believe that hard work should be rewarded and that a job gives someone purpose and dignity.

I believe that paying people not to work demeans them and begins a cycle of dependency that may never be broken.

I believe that public employee unions are the single greatest enemy of fiscal sanity in cities and states governed by Democratic Governors and Mayors.

FOR THESE TRANSGRESSIONS, I CONFESS:  I AM A DOMESTIC TERRORIST

MY CONFESSIONS RELATING TO AMERICA INTERNATIONALLY

I believe that the United States is a force for good around the world and that when America leaves a vacuum, evil fills the void.

I believe that peace through strength is not just the best way to secure America, it is the only way.

I believe that diplomacy is a wonderful thing but only works if the United States has overwhelming military superiority and our adversaries believe we are willing to use it.

I believe that appeasement is a failed strategy and that just as it failed us in 20^th century, it will fail us in the 21^st century.

I believe that the Chinese Communist Party, Russia and Iran are enemies of the United States that must be confronted and not appeased.

I believe it is important to publicly blame China for the COVID crisis because it is a fact that the world must deal with.

I believe that that United Nations as structured has outlived its usefulness and is a rat infested American hating and Israel bashing sewer that empowers thugs, criminals, terrorists and authoritarian regimes.  I feel better getting this off my chest!

FOR THESE TRANSGRESSIONS, I CONFESS:  I AM A DOMESTIC TERRORIST

MY CONFESSIONS RELATING TO THE AMERICAN/ISRAELI ALLIANCE AND ANTI-SEMITISM

I believe that the American/Israeli alliance is critical to the national security interest of the United States.

I believe that there is a moral imperative to support Israel.

I believe Iran is an enemy of the United States and that Israel is America’s is among America’s closest and most important allies and they should be treated accordingly.  What was I thinking?

I believe the reason there is no peace between Israel and the Palestinians is because since 1948 Palestinian leadership (Fatah, Hamas and the PA) is unwilling to accept the existence of a Jewish State living in peace within defined borders and until that leadership dies off there is no possibility for peace and to believe otherwise is delusional.

I believe that opposition to the American/Israeli relationship is primarily rooted in anti-Semitism.

I believe that the greatest threat of anti-Semitism in 1939 came from the right and the Nazis and that today, the greatest threat of anti-Semitism is from the American Progressive left because it is being mainstreamed into the American political system and “moderates” like Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are too gutless to confront them.

FOR THESE TRANSGRESSIONS, I CONFESS:  I AM A DOMESTIC TERRORIST

CONFESSIONS RELATING TO CRIME

I believe that criminals should be arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated.  Oh the horror!

I believe that law enforcement needs to be supported not vilified and that the insane policy of defunding the police disproportionately harms communities of color.

I believe that Bernie Sanders opposes defunding the police because as a classic Marxist he believes that only the State can steal from its citizens.

I believe that the only black lives that matter to the Black Lives Matter movement are blacks who are killed by law enforcement.

I believe that I care more about the dozens of blacks who are shot and killed each weekend in Chicago than does the Black Lives Matter movement because it does not advance their narrative.

I believe that the majority of people who support the Black Lives Matter movement are either ignorant of its Marxist ideology or are more interested in feeling good about themselves than helping the communities they claim to want to help.

I believe that people who claim America is “systemically racist” merely use the trope as a talking point to mean whatever is convenient at any given moment to advance the Progressive’s socialist agenda.

FOR THESE TRANSGRESSIONS, I CONFESS:  I AM A DOMESTIC TERRORIST

MY CONFESSIONS RELATING TO EDUCATION

I believe that Neo-Marxists want to teach critical race theory in our schools because they view it as a way to undermine our country by teaching our children to hate America.

I believe that our public schools are failing our children.

I believe that Teachers’ Unions are the single greatest impediment to educating our children.

I believe that school choice is the civil rights issue of our times and is an imperative primarily for our minority communities who are most victimized by our failing public school systems.

FOR THESE TRANSGRESSIONS, I CONFESS:  I AM A DOMESTIC TERRORIST

MY CONFESSIONS RELATING TO IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY

I believe that America is a country built on immigration and we should never forget that.

I believe that America is a country of laws and illegal immigration is a crime that should be punished not rewarded.

I believe that DACA children who were brought here illegally as young children by their parents and have known no other country (particularly those who served in the military) should be allowed to become citizens without delay.

I believe that the parents of DACA children should not be allowed to become citizens nor be given the right to vote and that they must pay their “fair share” of back taxes.

I believe that border security is a national security issue and that every necessary resource should be expended to secure our borders.  Thank goodness that is off my chest!

I believe that the Progressive’s open border policy is designed intentionally to undermine our Democracy and that the inane worn-out trope of “you were once a stranger in a strange land” is paraded out by Progressives and virtue signaling supporters to advance the Progressive’s socialist agenda.

FOR THESE TRANSGRESSIONS, I CONFESS:  I AM A DOMESTIC TERRORIST

MY CONFESSIONS RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE

I believe that the climate is changing and that we need to make accommodations to meet the challenges it poses.

I believe that the degree to which man contributes to climate change remains an open question.

I believe that bankrupting America to meet the challenges of Climate Change is just plain stupid.

I believe that the Green New Deal has little or nothing to do with confronting climate change but is merely the Progressive’s manifesto to take over the American economy and transform it into socialist economy that has failed everywhere and every time it has been tried.

I believe that even the strongest proponents of the Paris Climate Accords know that it will accomplish nothing and is simply a virtue signaling exercise.

I believe that free markets, entrepreneurship and American ingenuity will develop the best solutions to climate change more quickly and efficiently than the top down Socialist approach advocated by the Progressives.  I know this is heresy!

I believe that energy independence is critical for the American economy and for our national security.

I believe that limiting American production of fossil fuels does not just harm our economy and our nation’s security but, it is a boost to our enemies like Russia and Iran who depend almost exclusively on oil and natural gas for their economic survival.

FOR THESE TRANSGRESSIONS, I CONFESS:  I AM A DOMESTIC TERRORIST

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

What will I tell my inquisitors when they knock on my door to present with their bill of particulars?  What penalty will be imposed?  Stalin used to exile his “dissidents” to Siberia.  Perhaps I could point to my public confessions and beg for mercy.  Then in terms of exile, I will suggest to them there is no greater punishment than that which has already been foisted upon me.  After all, I am living in New York.

I encourage all of you to publicly confess your crimes.  Only in that way will the Progressive left know they have a real fight on their hands.  If advocating for our children makes us domestic terrorists,  terrorize away.

Eric R. Levine

Eiseman Levine Lehrhaupt & Kakoyiannis, P.C.

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