It was sarcastic.
To be honest I don't care much about it and wouldn't even notice if they didn't tell.
However the fact that certain people are genuily upset because of some lines of dialogue in a 20+ year old medieval cookie clicker because it ""offends"" their IRL believes says a lot about those people.
But hey! Atleast the big boys now can tick that sweet nice political correct box now and brag about it and hopefully make money out of it.