Would you boycott art because you dislike the creator?

The fact that he calls him "a bigot and a Mormon" makes your brother sound like a bigot himself. I bet your brother doesn't know a thing about Mormons.

What I'm suggesting is that I don't want to buy your brothers album.

I guess it really comes down to how you feel about hate sex.

I've had a STRONG dislike of Jamie Foxx ever since seeing the following clip, but I had to push past that to watch Django Unchained. Fuck White House Down, or whatever other movies he's in, though. He's right up there with Christian Bale in the "piece of shit bully" category, for me.

So yeah, it basically depends on how much I was bothered by the initial offense, and how much I want to see / hear / play whatever project they're currently associated with.

He's referring to the literary philosophy that the author's intent doesn't matter when analyzing writing, and people should be free to interpret art in whatever way they want regardless of how the author wanted it to be interpreted.

What?

I mean, I understand your point regarding interpretation of art. It's a valid perspective on looking at artwork, but I'm not sure what it has to do with someone worrying that their money will go to someone who will use it to do things against their interests. I'm guessing you're possibly just making a joke.

Eh, I dunno. I took an English class once or twice and wanted to sound smart. I have no idea what that guy is actually trying to say, other than maybe he doesn't care if money goes towards someone he disagrees with?

No. Burzum is the best example I can think of, he's a batshit insane neo-nazi nuthead, but he's released some of the very best metal albums in the past 25 years, and it'd be crazier to miss out on them.

I think he just thought Orson Scott Card was dead, which would indeed make this question moot. It's an easy mistake to make, as Card is rather old. People often assume figures like that are dead.