Yes! I have heard the reasons why they shouldn't be and they're garbage.
They were the first live-action group I ever liked (I liked the Archies first, but I always think of them as cartoon characters - I discovered both groups on Saturday mornings back in the late'60s/early '70s).
BTW, there was a girl in my 4th grade class who was in love with Michael Nesmith, which I found very amusing and used to tease her constantly about it.