I will never defend any gamergater, and I will not defend what he said in the past (and to be absolutely honest, a little bit in the present, too). However, I do believe some people were mislead into thinking this movement was something else than harassment toward women and minorities (which it indeed was and has always been). Not for long, obviously : those who still give the excuse that it was about ethics in games journalism are lying.
But as a French guy, I kind of see a similar pattern in the gilets jaunes ("Yellow Jacket"), although this case is far more complex and somewhat confusing. It started with people tired of the gasoline prices. Then it felt like the far-right managed to infiltrate the movement, and we saw more and more racist claims from the gilets jaunes that tried to link the growth of the prices with immigration (the first month or so). Now it feels a little bit more like a progressive movement, with environmental and social claims, but what they are striking for is still not truly stated and it's still a very complicated topic.
I know this is not exactly the perfect comparison (and I'm still not aware of everything that is going on with the gilets jaunes), but in this case people who were actually striking because of the gas prices were suddenly linked to far-right statements, which was not the case for every one of these people who actually had very good reasons to be mad at the government, but were in the middle of strikes with anti-immigration people.
Anyway, I am not defending what Tim says, and I was also not aware of everything he said in the past (thank you for clarifying some of the stuff I obviously did not know), but I think the situation is a little more complex than just "he's a terrible person that wants to make people scared of the SJWs through a cyberpunk game". I mean... I don't know. I hope he does not prove me wrong. He's in a really "art should challenge people's views" these days which does not sound good from someone like him.
