HOUSTON – Shortly after a crazed gunman killed five police officers in Dallas in a racially motivated shooting, University of Houston student government vice president Rohini Sethi felt compelled to share her thoughts on Facebook.

“Forget #BlackLivesMatter; more like #AllLivesMatter,” she following the July 7 shooting.

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The post was later deleted, but it sparked controversy, and Black Lives Matters supporters on campus launched a Change.org petition and social media campaign calling for her ouster, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Sethi, meanwhile, has refused to resign and instead offered a response to the criticism on Facebook.

“In that moment, I did not act as your Vice President, I acted, in my own flawed way, as many do when presented with tragedy from afar,” she wrote.

Regardless, Sethi’s haters online have been relentless.

“#RemoveRohini we need someone who understands and values the complexity of this student body’s issues @UHpres @UHSGA,” Morgan Hardin posted to Twitter.

“Apparently our vice president thinks it’s ok to blatantly disrespect & disregard the pain & perspectives of her black peers,” LaDaja Dunn added.

Others spoke out about the situation to KHOU and other media outlets.

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“We’re appalled and outraged that someone who represents us as students would say something like that,” UH junior Tristan Ezeoke told the news site.

“When she said forget #BlackLivesMatter, I felt like it was a stab,” junior Meghan Hill added.

“When she said #AllLivesMatter it’s kind of a slap in the face,” UH junior Ose Omobhude said. “We’re not discrediting All Lives Matter, but right now, black lives are the ones being persecuted senselessly.”

Rohini has not responded to media requests for inverviews, but her statement posted to Facebook to address her July 7 message explained her position on the issue.

“Visually we are black, white, tan, and a hundred shags between but we are all human, thus I believe that all lives matter. Let’s all come together through conversations to reach unity. This is how we begin to set  the standards for ourselves and our future, especially in times of adversity,” she wrote.

“Our community is the most diverse in the nation, and we should cherish the lessons that it teaches us. I hope to embrace language that binds us together rather than language that singles some out. This is a perfect opportunity for us to rediscover each other, to learn about who we are and what our experiences have been,” Rohini continued.

“We are stronger working together. We achieve our greatest potential through conversation. Let’s create the possibility of a culture rooted in open discussion. For this reason, I’d like to talk to you and here what we have to say.”

Students who support Rohini told The Chronicle they believe the backlash from social justice warriors amounts to bullying.

“Whether you agree with her or not, the SGA should have supported her instead of bowing to the politically correct,” said Matthew Wiltshire, a senior who resigned from the student government association’s Supreme Court in solidarity with Sethi.

“The SGA should condemn this kind of bullying,” he said, “which has been quite vitriolic.”

The University of Houston also issued a statement about the ordeal to The Chronicle.

“The University of Houston embraces diversity and considers itself a marketplace for the exchange of ideas and higher learning,” the statement read. “Our student population is reflective of the global community. We encourage constructive and respectful dialogue, cultural awareness, and a spirit of unity within our diverse student body.”