most of the shitstorm revolves around the fact that no, they aren't doing that. The pre-stated rules don't talk about politics but about offending users. So,

most of the shitstorm revolves around the fact that no, they aren't doing that. The pre-stated rules don't talk about politics but about offending users. So, ok, let's say that political statements are offensive, which is a weird proposition. This is not being enforced for other political views and statements, nor for all users, so clearly it's not applying a pre-stated rule. I feel the backtrack blizzard did can be considered a fair excusation, and people could reasonably forgive them, but let's not lie to ourselves by treating this as "just applying the rules".