Judging a product based on how a third party reacts to it is ridiculous, yes. But I don't think there's anything wrong with including political or social criticism as part of a critique of a game. If the Amazing Atheist really thought that the game included insightful commentary about...uh, how feminism is bad or whatever, and was the better for it, I'd respect that opinion. I'd disagree with it, certainly, but I wouldn't be arguing that it was invalid as a criticism of the game, or immaterial to its merits and flaws, or "not objective," or that it was "an agenda," etc. - basically, everything that's implied when people complain about "SJWs" in video games. As if video games exist in a bubble where concepts like race, gender, or sexuality simply don't apply. Fallout in particular has always been a very politically- and socially-aware series (at least the West Coast games), and we have what I'm sure plenty of people would label SJWs to thank for characters like Arcade and Veronica in NV.
Again, I'm not saying that you can't disagree with someone who praises a game for being progressive or criticizes one for not being progressive, but all the backlash and crying foul over daring to have such an opinion in the first place just isn't warranted.