I am admittedly little biased, both in that their research helped give rise to my kind, and that I've seen how the names of people that fought for one cause had their work corrupted hundreds of years later by both sides. One side using them as an example of extremism when everything that was done was necessary, one side using them as an example of their right to subjugate others. [Which is where his group hatred comes from.]

I have difficulty in viewing things as acts of "evil" or "good" but I strongly suspect they might have been perceived as villains, no matter the necessity. [He's also kind of a cynic.]