I am very willing to avoid modern artists who hold repugnant views because I don't want to enrich them. Thus, I won't pay to see a Jane Fonda or George Clooney movie. I won't buy certain musicians’ CDs, I won't buy certain writers’ books, etc. That is because I think their current political views are disgusting.
I don’t believe in banning artists at all. Wagner was a genuis, no denying and I love his music - although some of it does drone on a bit. Fonda was a fair actress who gave one or two decent performances in film and coasted for the next 30 years. The New York Times actually has a HIT piece on her today, btw. Check it out, you’ll enjoy it.
Please read some of the writings of Wagner on the Jews. They are stomach-churning. As this article points out, after Wagner’s death, his awful wife Cosima attempted to bail Hitler out of jail (forgot about that one!) and had her grand kiddies dandle on his knee. The whole creepy family were Nazis!
It’s the ultimate paradox, isn’t it?