I'm not in the fandom, but the general consensus among my friends who are (and who are generally very much focused on intersectional social justice) was that it was just a very slightly weird comment that got taken very, very far out of context and proportion, to a degree that was, well, frightening. AFAIK it was "only" about that singular comment, and not "this comment is emblematic of [all these other issues]". I don't know the creator, haven't watched the show, and have no horse in this race, other than being generally terrified by how much this went completely sideways.

It keeps cycling back to, I love writing, but do I want to be a published writer?