[majewsky]

> when there is some news cycle and [the front page does not reflect it]

Political news is discouraged by the site guidelines and quickly flagged by users without mods' intervention (source: I'm one of these users). If I want the latest Trump nonsense, I can go to MSNBC or Fox News or Colbert or whatever. I'd rather have more stuff on the front page which we can have a (mostly) constructive conversation about.

[reitanqild]

Some of us actually want to discuss politics with sane, smart people so I rarely flag thise stories (but I understand why you do.)

[wglb]

I think this is a dicey area for discussion. Political discussions have always, and particularly so today, essentially consisted of ripping off bits of dogma and throwing at each other. While my family and I are generally on the same page, I avoid political discussions with them as well.

I am often inclined to flag political threads here if they get egregiously bad. It very often gets to be the opposite of interesting.

[reitanqild]

> Political discussions have always, and particularly so today, essentially consisted of ripping off bits of dogma and throwing at each other.

Despite that I have actually learned stuff here from people that I originally disagreed deeply with.

(Oh, and I am also fairly sure certain people have/could learned/learn something from me, but thats up to them to seize the opportunity. d:-)

> I am often inclined to flag political threads here if they get egregiously bad.

I wish they were better but often I wish people could stick to flagging bad behavior instead of the entire thread.

That said, I am not here to challenge moderator decisions. Even with showdead on this place is fantastic compared to certain places I find it easy to compare with.

[majewsky]

> Despite that I have actually learned stuff here from people that I originally disagreed deeply with.

Agreed. The incidence rate of people who can intelligently argue a controversial position is much higher here than in the average population.

[ykevinator]

Agreed