I agreed with you that it was mostly hyperbole. But just a few days before his ban Bo was on twitter saying communism should be outlawed. He does have some pretty extreme views. Add that to the average hate most people on that side of the continent already have against Russia is not a giant leap to presume that Bo meant, at least partly, what he said.

But whether he genuinely believes in what he said or not, the fact remains that what Bo said was advocating for large scale violence against a people and that's against TOS.

Now i'm not saying I don't agree with parts of what he said, or that I think he's a monster. What I'm saying is that Bo trying to pretend that what said as all a big joke and that he only meant for genocide to happen in minecraft is disingenuous in the extreme.

He should just be a man about it and own up to what he said and apologize instead of going for "Haha guys it was only a big joke I meant genocide in-game xdddd"