Sorry Ari!
As a European sausage-eating surrender monkey, I know next to nothing of Maher and have no reason to dislike his work. How much the worth of what someone creates is dependent on their conduct and values as expressed in the rest of their life, is an interesting philosophical side-issue (viz.
the Wagner problem). But it does seem to me that the kind of work that Maher does is totally connected with, and bound up in, personal qualities, chief among which is integrity.
If anyone can enlighten me about Maher's lack of personal integrity and general wholesomeness, I will resolve not to endorse him or his work again.