If they were genuinely just attempting to "troll" by spamming (which is a pretty lame thing to do to begin with), they wouldn't have had to use a racist slur in their message. The fact they did makes their intent pretty clear.
If a project taking a stance against people spamming the n-word makes you lose respect for them, that says a lot more about you than the project.
If a project taking a stance against people spamming the n-word makes you lose respect for them, that says a lot more about you than the project.