Answers.Body: <p>Fischer had psychological problems. He was American and hated the US. He was jewish and hated Jews. He was clearly paranoid from a pretty early age, but it got much worse after he stopped playing. </p>
  
  <p>It is hard to see an antisemitic Jew as evil. I think it is more reasonable to feel some empathy for his mental problems. And we can all count ourselves lucky that his mental health held up long enough for him to create a large number of chess masterpieces.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: "It is hard to see an antisemitic Jew as evil" On the contrary. There is something particularly evil about a Jew who becomes an antisemite.
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Answers.Text: My position is that his antisemitism is more indicative of his self hate and mental problems. Neither self hate nor mental problems make you an evil person.
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Body: <p>Whenever I talk chess legends with some Americans I know, they love to hype up Fischer and call him the greatest ever and what not.</p>
  
  <p>While I appreciate Fischer's talent for chess, and he is certainly one of my top 5 players as well, I do not understand this love that Americans in particular have for Fischer, who, as a person, was as anti-American as it gets, and in general a vile human being.</p>
  
  <p>Didn't he profess his support for Nazi Germany? So why do Americans show this bias for a person that actually hated Americans? </p>
  
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Comments.Text: Can you provide a source that states that Fischer idolized Hitler?
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Title: Why do Americans hail Fischer when he was anti-American and idolized Hitler?
ThreadText: # Why do Americans hail Fischer when he was anti-American and idolized Hitler?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-03)
  
  Whenever I talk chess legends with some Americans I know, they love to hype up Fischer and call him the greatest ever and what not.
  
  While I appreciate Fischer's talent for chess, and he is certainly one of my top 5 players as well, I do not understand this love that Americans in particular have for Fischer, who, as a person, was as anti-American as it gets, and in general a vile human being.
  
  Didn't he profess his support for Nazi Germany? So why do Americans show this bias for a person that actually hated Americans?
  
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  > **username_1**: Can you provide a source that states that Fischer idolized Hitler?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-03. Score: 2
  
  Fischer had psychological problems. He was American and hated the US. He was jewish and hated Jews. He was clearly paranoid from a pretty early age, but it got much worse after he stopped playing.
  
  It is hard to see an antisemitic Jew as evil. I think it is more reasonable to feel some empathy for his mental problems. And we can all count ourselves lucky that his mental health held up long enough for him to create a large number of chess masterpieces.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: "It is hard to see an antisemitic Jew as evil" On the contrary. There is something particularly evil about a Jew who becomes an antisemite.  
  > **username_2**: My position is that his antisemitism is more indicative of his self hate and mental problems. Neither self hate nor mental problems make you an evil person.  
  
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