It is a miracle that the highly social, visually-oriented human species is capable of asynchronous, anonymous, text-based communication. It is further astonishing that you are capable of doing so without rising to heights of murderous rage. We encourage these skills.

Please observe the following guidelines:

• Keep it PG: Comments which include obscenities or slurs may be removed. If a word is friendly slang in one locale but an obscenity in another, expect it to be treated as the latter.
• Discuss Ideas: Personal attacks, comparisons to Nazis, and willful mischaracterization of another person’s position (“oh, so you’re saying…”) will be removed.
• Exercise Empathy: Resist the narcissism of small differences. If you find yourself in an argument, we encourage beginning your rebuttal with a good-faith restatement of the other person’s position.
• Be Aware of Blocking: Repeat violators may be blocked.