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If the offending viewpoint is not present in the work in question, that I see no problem in buying said work. Except if buying it would finance a bigger cause (e.g., I'd never buy a book from an active member of a neo-nazi group).
H.P.Lovecraft is one of my favorite writers, but he was also a great bigot. I think we should be able to set a writer's works apart from the writer himself.
For some people, on some issues, this is not always possible, and this is an understandable point of view, but I tend to think it unduly decreases the breadth of your choices.
Regarding He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Name: I've not and I will not read his Shakespeare adaption, but I still enjoy his other works (Someone's Game, particularly, and Speaker for the Something).
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