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First came AALARM, the Association Against Learning in the Absence of Religion and Morality, blazing a conservative trail in Harvard's liberal jungle...
...every now and then, you come across a situation where these revered principles come into conflict. For instance, should skinheads be allowed to distribute racist propaganda in the streets? Should reactionary fundamentalist groups like AALARM be allowed to post homophobic posters? Should prominent Harvard professors be chastised for chauvinist commentary...
...that the groups to whom freedom of speech is the most important are often the ones which most often complain about offensive speech? Last year, members of the Harvard BGLSA protested the anti-homosexual fliers which AALARM posted. Campus feminists demanded that Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 retract comments made about women in the workplace...
...Adam Webb, former president of the Association Against Learning in the Absence of Religion and Morality (AALARM), explained last spring how the standard liberal response affects conservative students...
Robert K. Wasinger '94, chair of AALARM's presidential council, says the group has about 50 members, and engages in postering and debate to alert the campus to a "large silent conservative minority" that deserves fair consideration...