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• Treat others as you would like to be treated. Personal attacks, insults, harassment, or hate speech directed at individuals, groups, or our staff will not be tolerated.
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2. Stay On Topic:

• Comments should be relevant to the article or discussion thread. Off-topic remarks, spam, or promotional content may be removed.

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• Avoid inflammatory language, excessive profanity, or shouting (using all caps).
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• Do not share your own or anyone else’s private information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, or email addresses.

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• Do not post false, misleading, or defamatory information.
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• You are responsible for the content you submit.

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7. Moderation:

• All comments are subject to moderation by Gray Media and our moderation partner, OpenWeb. We reserve the right to review, edit, or remove any comment that violates this policy or OpenWeb’s Community Policy (available at https://www.openweb.com/community-policy/).
• Repeated or flagrant violations may result in your commenting privileges being suspended or revoked.

8. Our Discretion:

• Gray Media reserves the right to make final decisions on what constitutes a violation of this policy and to remove any content for any reason at our sole discretion.

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