Beautiful assumption again but I don't play Classic and never have, nor have I ever used /spit on anyone since Vanilla. I have been spit on plenty of times but I can safely say it has never impacted my mental health, because you know... it's just a game.
However, I am a firm believer of action vs consequences and in this case the action started with Blizzard's cash grab, then the people using the store mount knowing full well it's not part of the Classic premise, and then people using /spit. The people who are using the store mount are just as guilty of harassment by ruining the Classic experience for everyone else around them. It's a virtual mount vs a virtual spit and you can't convince me one is worse than the other. Yet somehow it's the active /spit protest that is being punished. That's why I'm against /spit being removed.
And the whole argument about simply using something Blizzard offered just makes it seem like no one is accountable. Would you accept a beer from a passenger while driving a car? It was offered but you can be damned sure there will be consequences for those around you if you use it. And yes this is an extreme case but all cases start small before they get bigger... especially when no one is held accountable.