Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30172350-20170617091148/@comment-30172350-20170617105329

Ravenlot 27 wrote: Because, as it's even stated in the trivia section of his page on the wikia, his actions contributed to the motivations of several major villains who became even more threats to Konoha when Danzo messed up their lifes for "the best for the village". By this, I mean mainly Nagato (Danzo's troups helped Hanzo in betraying Yahiko and this deepened Nagato's grudge on Konoha's shinobi), Kabuto (whom Danzo robbed off a real identity and then ordered to dispose of) and Sasuke (whose live was also messed up due of Danzo's orders to Itachi to wipe out their clan). Also, Danzo was chilling around and experimenting with the likes of Orochimaru.

this is not true if he didnt make itatchi do it the vilage would have been destroyed by the uchiha Kiadony wrote: He was selfish, all those things he did "for the village" were actually to further his own goals. He threw away the lives of others despite claiming that "self-sacrifice is a shinobi's duty". Yes, he truly believed that his methods were right, and he could have been a more morally gray character if Kishi didn't make him ruin so many lives.

Thing is, I don't understand the hate, too - he's a fictional character that is meant to be a villain/antagonist, not a real person. As far as writing goes, he is pretty consistent. he killed himself to save sishui eye and tried to kill obito and sasuke in the progress even though he could have saved himself and you might think trying to be hokage was selfish but he wanted it not to help himself rather to save konoha from getting destroyed in the chaos