After Brandeis student cheers killing of cops, some blame messenger

After Brandeis University student Khadijah Lynch tweeted her hatred for the New York Police Department, America, and the “Zionist” institution where she is getting an education, a fellow student, Daniel Mael, republished her words and set off a social media firestorm.

Mael, a professional blogger, didn’t have to use much of his well-honed journalistic skills. Lynch’s Twitter account provided a storehouse of live ammunition. Here is Lynch in her own words, as Mael recounted them:

“I have no sympathy for the nypd officers who were murdered today.” 

“lmao, all i just really dont have sympathy for the cops who were shot. i hate this racist fu king country.”

“the fact that black people have not burned this country down is beyond me”

“a social justice themed institution grounded in zionism. word. thats a fu king fanny dooley.”

The Zionist reference is to Brandeis, an institution rooted in Jewish ideals and named after Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish associate justice of the Supreme Court, a man whose work for social justice became legendary and who established the right of privacy in a famous Harvard Law Review article. 

At Brandeis and online, activists are not attacking Lynch but are instead calling for Mael to be expelled; he is being accused of everything from cyber bullying to harassment for the audacity of publicizing Lynch’s tweets. 

At a time when America is mourning two slain New York police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, some people have vented their anger and threatened Lynch. By the twisted logic prevalent in the identity curriculum, Mael is being held responsible for these threats.

By the same logic, would Lynch be held responsible for the next policeman that takes a bullet?