"..we don't usually go around excusing a thinker's harsh views by constantly reinterpreting and sometimes reinventing them...and him."

Good point. We have to accept what is written as it is written. But, the big diff between a philosopher and a prophet is you can slice and dice what a thinker says. In fact, you can't take it "on faith." that any one thinker got it all right. You should have to wrestle out what you can build on, and what you need to reject.

My difficulty with Jules'view on N is he seems more ready to reject "Nietzsche" as a whole become some of his parts are unsavoury. I would rather keep wrestling with him.