It is obviously trolling, but it's also free speech. I've never been particularly affected by trolls, I tend to ignore them for the most part. I doubt LoyceV was hurt by it, he seems like he's got a thick skin, and knows how to shrug off the haters. I don't know that I would have deleted that post myself (if I was a mod.)
I'm sure LoyceV will survive this calamity but just ignoring who it was against - the whole purpose of that post seems to have have been an inflammatory and offensive attempt to disrupt the thread. I'm glad it didn't succeed. There is nothing of value in that post as far as I can see. Just like we don't consider off topic spam posts as protected free speech (just reported one right here in Meta and it's gone now) there is no harm to anyone's free speech if zero-value inflammatory content is removed or moved.
Slightly off topic; who's the moderator for the Meta board?
I think hillariousandco and/or Cyrus were listed as mods at one point but there is no one currently so I'm guessing globals handle it.
ETA: OP is not stupid, and I'm sure that his offspring (suchmoonlets?) are adorable.
The people disagree:
50% of the forum can't be wrong.