Why is it?

I wish I knew, it is annoying to have to go through all the rhetoric and extremism just to get to a real question. In my opinion, if everyone (myself included) would just report them instead of responding to them, the situation might improve. However, I've also seen real questions removed, not because they violated the guidelines, but because the person reporting them didn't agree with the questioner. I guess it goes both ways, personally, I try not to violate the guidelines.