Does even the most loathsome of beliefs invalidate the level of talent someone has? You may not want to listen to them, but that doesn’t change the underlying beliefs.
There are 1,000 songwriters in Nashville, and I don’t think that is an exaggeration.I suspect that at least half of them have as much talent as this supporter of Stalinist terror who composed an anthem to the abolition of private property. How many of the 1,000 do you know, admire and listen to? Who decides for you what to listen to? Wasn’t another Communist “folk rock” hero Dean Reed talented? Do you listen to him? Who does?