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-Great Cultural Revolution
Harvard University will no longer weigh in on outside public matters: ‘Runs the risk of alienating some'
2024-05-29
[NY Post] "We lost our ass for virtue signaling"
Harvard University announced Tuesday that it will stay silent on public matters that do not directly concern its "core function" — months after the Ivy League school’s statements on the Israel-Hamas war caused a firestorm of controversy.

Leaders at the prestigious school who recommended the new policy said that Harvard "runs the risk of appearing to care more about some places and events than others" by issuing public statements on sweeping issues and global politics.

"And because few, if any, world events can be entirely isolated from conflicting viewpoints, issuing official empathy statements runs the risk of alienating some members of the community by expressing implicit solidarity with others," Harvard’s Institutional Voice Working Group recommended in a report.
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