Institutional neutrality is by and large an important principle. There are, however, exceptions. One is silence in the face of celebration of October 7 on their campuses. Those universities who have agreed to host organizations doing just that have a moral duty to speak out in the strongest terms against such celebrations. The Alliance for Academic Freedom supports the right of universities to invite whatever groups or individuals they choose. But we believe that denouncing such festivities is not the same thing as taking a position on a contested political question. On the contrary, institutional silence in the face of this horror, and others like it, would constitute a moral abdication.
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