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Submission rules
Submissions should be inviting and pertain to the topic you want to discuss. This is best done in the form of a question. Please observe the following rules:
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- Do not use tags (e.g.
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).
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- Do not create submissions that do not discuss politics (such as meta posts, discussion of other subreddits, other redditors or moderators).
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