St. Bonaventure U. Prof Faces Backlash for Social Media Post Celebrating Death of Lindsey Graham

St. Bonaventure U. Prof Faces Backlash for Social Media Post Celebrating Death of Lindsey Graham

It’s like Charlie Kirk all over again. Why are people like this?

FOX News reports:

New York college professor celebrates Lindsey Graham’s death in social media post, later apologizes

A St. Bonaventure University professor is facing backlash on social media after appearing to celebrate the death of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in a social media post before deleting it less than 12 hours later, prompting renewed scrutiny of political rhetoric on college campuses.

A social media account identified as belonging to Ibrahim Zabad, a political science professor at the private university in western New York, posted a message late Saturday evening celebrating Graham’s death, using inflammatory language and ending with the phrase “Rest in Hell,” according to Campus Reform.

By early the next day, at 5:09 a.m. according to Campus Reform, the same account had deleted the post and published an apology acknowledging the message was inappropriate, disrespectful and not compassionate.

A screenshot of the Saturday X post dated at 11:56 p.m. reads, “He was a certified anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, anti-Muslim bloodthirsty bigot. He personified belligerence and evil. He supported every savage war Israel launched against the Palestinians and the Lebanese and the Syrians and the Iranians and the Iraqis and the Yemenis.”

The post added, “He genuinely endorsed Israel’s genocidal war and unabashedly supported the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians from their native lands. He wholeheartedly and passionately supported the project of Greater Israel along with all the massacres, occupation, dispossession and savagery and barbarism that this entails. He was a merciless warmonger and bigot. Rest in Hell.”

The account bearing Zabad’s name and photo, which no longer appears to be active, posted an apology that read in part, “I want to sincerely apologize for the post regarding the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham. My words were inappropriate and disrespectful and failed to show compassion during time of loss and grief. I regretted the post and the words I used.”

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