My guess is they are trying to be PC. Who knows?
Anybody picking up a gay vibe being put out there between Daryl and the guy that had his arm amputated? (Name eludes me right now). I don’t care if characters are gay but there has never been a hint that Daryl was in any season and he is a female favorite. That would be total PC BS. If anything he liked the character played by Emily Kinney and Carol. Now one is dead and they hooked up Carol with Ezekiel.