There seems to be a wide variance in the way political stories are handled; for example, political issues not involving Trump seem more accepted. I suppose cons

There seems to be a wide variance in the way political stories are handled; for example, political issues not involving Trump seem more accepted. I suppose consistency in this matter isn't that important, except that it's a bit frustrating to spend time on comments or submissions that are (effectively) solicited, and then have them (effectively) discarded. It would be helpful if the standards were explained in a little more detail, perhaps in the Guidelines (so people can find them), so we know what to expect. As I said in another comment, I feel like I'm trying to reverse engineer your policies and intentions. While personally I wish there were more political issues discussed intelligently on HN - we shouldn't imagine that we live in an enclave safe from the very serious political situation - I will say that the recent discussions have been the most uninformative, valueless, wastes of my time that I've seen on HN in a long while. It's not hopeless; around the time of Trump's travel orders, for example, they seemed much better (and were allowed on the front page).