As I said, I'm aware there some of it is anti-SJW backlash, but again, if that was the only controversy in the game, the hatedom of the game would've never gained the momentum that it did.  In fact, I believe if the false rumors of Abby being transgendered were true but none of the leaked plot details were, some people would've definitely hated the game even more, but overall it'd have been a lot less hated.

For what it's worth, I don't think there's any social agenda in TLOU2.  Strong, competent women have been gracing video games since the 8 bit era and at this point it's no longer really that "boundary-pushing" to put a lesbian couple or a transgendered individual in a video game.  I simply think that Druckmann [i]really[/i] likes muscular women.  If I'm wrong and there was meant to be an agenda, it doesn't really shine through because it's all been done before.