It was the way it was done.
There’s FAAAAAAR better ways it could’ve been handled.
Hence to why my old thread 
Don't turn the Sunwell into the Dawnwell was so popular, and largely AGREED with - by what appears to be a significant portion, if not the majority of the forum-users on the Story Forum.
lol, it 
percent is
Liadrin apologised and gave a virtue-signaling speech @ how they, the Blood Elves, were wrong to the High Elves - when they deported them the for scorn, belittling, genocide and dissent towards the birth of their literal people — as Blood Elves …
Call it what you want, but a sentiment that’s more or less:
- "Hey sorry we removed you for expressing vile disgust at the rebirth of our literal culture, people and racial namesake – WE were wrong. You were valid"
Doesn’t just erase the Blood Elf identity, it completely SH 
TS on it too.