Are they demanding that Blizzard "censor content" or is Blizzard trying to stray away from politics? I don't think there is anything wrong with Blizzard stepping in to say "no you can't use our platform, our company to promote this message" a message that's REALLY divisive amongst their user base.
I agree with you, we should not tolerate intolerance. Why should Blizzard have to tolerate someone else's views? They are perfectly within their right to deny someone an association or a platform whose views that they do not agree with.
"Self-censorship" happens every day. I'm allowed to say whatever I want but I'm not allowed to force someone to give me a platform for my speech. This is not a violation of free speech in any way.
Because "Chinese dumping" has no value and is meaningless. How is it not right now? China has provided many inexpensive consumer goods for the US and the US has provided a lot of jobs for China. Trump is pushing the trade war (and failing) and priming US citizens for full blown war. It is painfully obvious who is and isn't playing fair.
Is this really the best move? Blizzard made a smart move; the player was going to piss off a large portion of their user base. Freedom of speech works both ways.
Removing this app was the only logical solution. Keeping it on the store would have only added fuel to the fire. An app like this would be catastrophic for any community, Hong Kong or not. Keeping it on the App store would have allowed anyone to evade law enforcement and add even more damage that has already been done by the rioters.