That CEO told on himself, but I'm not surprise about it. At this point, that mentality is deeply embedded in nerd culture and this is their way of lashing out, been crying about it for a decade now.
To be fair.....A large of 40k fan base, not the fans from afar, are on this time. I mean, the IP is mostly about a xenophobic, fascist, oppressive society that fanatically worships Übermensches while it kill people who are different. And they're kind of the "good guys". The other good guys are inclusive, incompetent, french like, communists analogies who get steamrolled by anyone who sees the bytch in them.
40k is alt right culture warrior's wet dream. Right down the viking imaginary. And the purging of the undesirables. It'd be almost weird if a 40k developer didn't feel this way. Like looking at a vegan McDonald's CEO.