The teacher apologized forthrightly, promptly.  Why persecute?  How small should one wish to be?  How limited a freedom (over arch and dark humor) in speech should we want?  It would be hard criticizing Muslims, some of whom heralded the muzzling of Ayaan Hirsi Ali via a Brandeis executive decision last week, for touchiness if Jews (or some) were to be as miserably passive-aggressive and absent of the wherewithal to joust and riposte.

Inspiration for the observation: “‘I’ll send you to one of your gas chambers’, teacher tells Jewish student.”  Metro, April 13, 2014.

One Facebooker wrote, “she should be fired!”

No, the teacher should not be fired.

The English language needs her right where she is.

I’d rather parry with a sharp tongue than weather the company of a humorless smiling always “PC” eduzombie.

# # #