Political discussion can often end up in a shitshow that creates a huge moderation headache. I enjoy not having to worry about doing much moderation, but that's also resulted in a community that's not particularly active.
What are you getting out of this community? Would it be better to allow for overt political discussion?
I started checking the sidebar of every instance that isn't discuss.online (the instance I use), and their rules too. If I see any signs of a so-called Code of Conduct, I know there are some issues. I placed that link to a Mastodon post on it, and I hadn't seen what had happened yet.