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We highly abide by the First Amendment and respect everyone’s right to exercise it regardless of viewpoint. However, offensive language and profanity are prohibited. We have modified our firewall protocols to automatically block the use of common expletives both in a comment or in your display name.How to Participate
We encourage you to be considerate of others when writing your comments by adhering to the notice below: 1. Please read the entirety of the rules and guidelines below before participating in the comments section. 2. Focus on the subject. Try to post comments related to the main topic of the article and avoid shifting the discussion from the original focus into something completely unrelated. 3. Please engage in a way that is befitting a professional setting:a) Keep comments respectful, do not post comments that harass or threaten other individuals, other Epoch Times subscribers;
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