I might be giving out boomer vibes saying this. but i believe chris rock said it best:

In the old days, if somebody wanted your job, they just worked harder than you. Now, somebody wants your job, they just wait for you to say some dumb shit.

And lets not start talking about richard stallman opinions about child sexuality … (although tbf eventually he retract his statements).

Imagine if he would have got cancelled before the GNU project started. open source would not have been where it is today. and as someone who likes biographies let me suggest that there is a reason they say “never meet your heroes”. but the problem now is you can read about them on the internet. martin luther king cheated a lot, benjamin frankling owned slaves (although at some point he released them) and the list can go on. All people that did very good things.

People might do great things. but they are not infallible . in fact they could spend so much time and thought on achieving great things they might not have time and attention to develop “normal” attitudes about day to day living.

and adding an extra constraint when hiring for a project that is already competing with companies with billions of dollars in budget is not prudent.