We been dealing with this for years now. Its not as easy as you make it sound.

A) The rule prohibiting politics in /k has always been there, but shutting down topics for being 'politically motivated' just goes against the spirit of /k. Topics that get out of hand are shutdown and deleted. The TS themselves are given the option to moderate their own topics - but yes, the recent influx of dupe accounts and troublemakers are something we are aware of.

B) RWI is that subsection and has always been the 'proper' place to discuss political and other sensitive issues.