I don't think anyone has considered Nietzsche a Nazi for a long time.
He was hated by all my high school teachers, both the communists and the religion teacher. I bet that he will be called a nazi while there are communists and christians.
I think what they hated most about him is that he likened both groups.
Indeed. Nietzsche provided powerful arguments to explain the origin of religion (particularly Christianity) and even attempted to write his own Bible-style text with Thus Spoke Zarathustra. His explanations include brilliant insights on human psychology, and do a pretty good number on faith. I can understand why the religion teacher didn't like him :-)
>I think what they hated most about him is that he likened both groups
Or they read things influenced by early releases of his work, where his antisemitic German nationalist sister took significant liberties in the editing process.
He was hated by all my high school teachers, both the communists and the religion teacher. I bet that he will be called a nazi while there are communists and christians.
I think what they hated most about him is that he likened both groups.