How they choose to enforce the rules is completely at Blizzard's digression though. There's giving a slap on the wrist and then there is banning the player and

How they choose to enforce the rules is completely at Blizzard's digression though. There's giving a slap on the wrist and then there is banning the player and the casters. That sends a pretty clear message. If a player had advocated for gay rights, that would've technically still broken the rules, yet somehow I doubt Blizzard would've cared much if at all.