In recent years, our nation and the Santa Clarita Valley have become increasingly divided.

Political disagreements have escalated into personal attacks, social media has amplified hostility, and community discussions within this paper have turned into battlegrounds rather than places for thoughtful debate.

Name-calling and personal attacks are unacceptable.

A few years ago, I wrote a column outlining our policy on name-calling and personal attacks, and lately it has become increasingly difficult to enforce.

Well, today we are doubling down on this policy, and we’re reminding all contributors that we will be strictly enforcing our policy of no name-calling or personal attacks on all of our........

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