CLISP: Aren't there other political issues of concern?

-Yes, there are! For example, in 1989 thecommunist government of thePeople's Republic of China murdered some 3000+ student human rights protesters at the Tienanmen square in Beijing, and people appear to have already forgotten this crime. A note to that effect was kept in the filesrc/timezone.lisp until 2002, when it was decided that is was not visible enough there and it was moved here.

-Expressing their opinion is a perfectly natural thing for the authors, be it artistic preferences, political views or religious beliefs. The use of the menorah has its roots somewhere between these areas, and the authors are proud to display it. If you are unlucky enough to have lost the freedom to express your opinion, due to the constraints of a government, society, religion, or expectations of“professional relationships”, the Free World condoles with you. The authors ofCLISP are not operating under such constraints. If you are unhappy about their artistic preferences, political views or religious beliefs, you are free to ignore them.

Many scientists have been doing art, politics and religion. René Descartes and Isaak Newton combined mathematics and Christianity. Albert Einstein helped the U.S. to counter the danger of an atomic bomb in the hands of the Nazis. Bram Moolenaar, the author of VIM, promotes charitable donations to Uganda.

From:

A.1.2.3. of Clisp Implementation Notes

A.1.2.5. of Clisp Implementation Notes