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• potentially libelous material.
• profanity, vulgarity or words that demean any group based on identity, as defined by the moderators.
• name-calling or other personal attacks directed at other participants, as defined by the moderators.
• significant comments not pertaining directly to the discussion topic, comments which will draw other participants off-topic and comments which do not meaningfully contribute to advancing the discussion, as defined by the moderators.
• comments exceeding our 500-word limit. (Note: submissions which are broken up into several posts in an effort to circumvent the 500-word limit will be rejected.)
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Participants whose submissions are declined are always invited to rewrite and re-submit their comments.

Participants who violate the above guidelines may have their posting privileges revoked.

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