[Nicolai P. Zwar]

If composers/artists merely have different religious/political views from my own, I don’t give a damn really. I mean, lots of people have different views. It’s ludicrous to expect other people to have the same views and opinions.
For me, the most important thing is freedom of speech. Freedom of speech and freedom of thought and freedom of opinion are the foundations of any free society. You topple that, and you topple freedom and democracy, simple as that.
So I grant people a lot of leeway whith artist’s views before it becomes a relevant factor when assessing their art.

If someone turns out to be an actual serial rapist, child molester, etc., that might be different, so that might probably taint my enjoyment of their work, but mere different viewpoints? No, that that does not factor in. Everybody thinks their point of view is good and right obviously. Even extremely different viewpoints politically, ethically, philosophically, morally, religiously, whatever, are unlikely to have any major effect on my enjoyment or assessment of their art.