I commented earlier that I thought sanitizing was a rather loaded way of describing making the game more welcoming to people other than adolescent (either by age or maturity) white males. Pulling out the grossly misogynistic, racist, bigoted elements that filled the genre for the better part of the 20th century is sanitization? I guess?
If that's the definition of sanitization that we're going with here, then I, for one, 100% support it and I think that anyone who thinks that we should go back to the days when POC and women were unwelcome in the genre and the hobby should show themselves out the door. I would much rather have a sanitized game that included them in the hobby than an unsanitized hobby that panders to those that want to roll the clock back.
AFAIC, those people are not welcome in my hobby. Anyone who thinks that their fun should come at the expense of anyone else is not welcome. If the only way to enjoy the hobby is to use imagery or concepts that are grounded in bigotry, racism and misogyny, then, well, there's the door.
It's really that simple.