This is a fair and honest question. Not everyone knows the fine points about HN, and the answer to this question not posted anywhere in a manner that would make

This is a fair and honest question. Not everyone knows the fine points about HN, and the answer to this question not posted anywhere in a manner that would make it obvious. I think the answer is because the rules are not black and white, and such a post may have started a flame war and so maybe the mods dropped it. I think when there are 'more comments than upvotes' or some such ratio, they have a look and kill discussions that are going downhill. Trump is 'closer to home' possibly making it more personal and therefore flame-bait-ish, while Orban is an abstraction for most people. Also, the near existential reality of the entire freaking world being 'locked up at home' makes the issue rather topical!