I understand the position that as consumers we shouldn't support such games if they do not align with our values, such as the degeneracy that exists in Baldur's Gate 3. It's a fair argument, there are a lot of games out there that offer you a good experience without the alphabet baggage attached.
However, in my opinion, considering how open the games were in the past, how versatile the modding scene could become to help anyone put some of the 'woke' into old games, I can't fathom why people dislike it when the mirror treatment is applied to newer games. Especially since it's not like the game being modded is terrible to begin with - on the contrary, objectively the game is very well made and enjoyable, as were the titles in the past. Even people who roll their eyes at the games nominated for awards agreed that the decision to select BG3 for some was correct.
Think of it as making a good game even better and more accessible, just that under that hood there's no liberal lunacy involved, but care for fantastical believability. Thus, what these modders are doing is no different than what's already being done to upgrade or customize a title, the difference is in target audience for such changes.
EDIT: A small addendum, but I think a noteworthy one - despite there being as many games as fish in the sea, the amount of titles that fit within a specific genre that also offer you a good experience is a lot more limited. There's games with mechanics that no other title or franchise ended up using. That, to me, justifies modding efforts by itself.
To some extent, it's not unlike fan translation of Japan-exclusive titles, except instead of trying to tackle a language barrier they try to break a common sense one.
