[peregrine]

Thanks for the detailed followup. I will admit that I have been less than charitable.

If this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13108404 had never happened I would have far fewer concerns. Since that week I've been keeping an eye on all posts that vanish from the front page or get severely punished and politics seems to get the axe more than not. Again this is N=1 and not a "study" and contains all of my biases.

Sorry for being disgruntled. I overreacted to what I perceived to be a policy that has continued for over a week.