Art shouldn't be free of politics or "neutral"

[Qwark]

You can put politics in a work of art, although it rarely makes them any better or worse. The last of us would not be all that different if Ellie was straight. Even the DLC could still work if she was not gay.

On the other hand when people care more about making a political statement than the art itself the final product usually suffers, because of that. Usually because things just feel out of place, because of it.

Also some of the best games of all time had no political message so, whilst games don't have to be free of politics they absolutely can be and they could still be great.