Political topics don’t belong on a gaming forum… end of story.
That doesn’t mean that garbage belongs here.
Political threads reveal what a “community” really stands for, and helps people increase their ignored list.
Or how about people follow the posting guidelines for the General Discussion forums. General Discussion means topics about WoW, not real world politics & BS.
Not OP’s fault too many people don’t read this…
Tip of the day: you don’t need to be a moderator. All you need to do is Mute. The Mute ability makes that post invisible to you, so you are not even bothered seeing the title on your forum page.
I am pretty sure that they have specific protocols on how to handle potentially controversial threads. Working outside those protocols usually cost people jobs.
FYI when Blizzard makes PR statements about political topics then it explicitly impacts the World of Warcraft game and its future, and thus is on-topic here.