“Many people were upset that I spoke publicly and also used the terms ‘race’ and ‘disability’. I spoke publicly, because I’d stayed silent all year, and this was the result. Based on that treatment, I had no confidence anything I said internally would make its way to Mr. Adkison. I used the terms not as a threat, but to convey why this is serious and why I want to talk to him personally.”

I'm leaning towards it being so infested with activists, they started upping the shakedown/extortion. When this Emily chick didn't get what she wanted she pulled out the 'GenCon bosses are -ist -phobe" innuendo. Someone in the convention management musta decided to nip that shit in the bud before they got pilloried on social media.

They wont be changing their ways, just hiring a different crop of activists, is my guess.