Magneto: Friend or Foe?

Not being a big reader of x-men comics, I had no idea who Magneto even was until I started reading the books required for the class. However, after reading some of the content that focuses on Magneto and the Holocaust, I was confused on whether Magneto was a villain or not. There were a few instances where Magneto was described as a villain because he attacks humans because he believes they will rebel against the mutants (Magneto and the x-men). But is Magneto really bad for doing this, after all he himself was a survivor of the holocaust? Isn't understandable why he would have wanted to attack the humans, after all, policies being made by the humans were along the same ideas of the policies the Nazis were making against Jews. Magneto feared an uprising of humans that would attack and persecute the mutants. Maybe Magneto has some post traumatic stress going on, thus the reason why he acts the way he does. Maybe going along with this (although this idea is completely different) this is why Israel believes in having a strong military; to protect them against the "enemies" that may want to start another holocaust. Thus, maybe Magneto has a hard time trusting people. He doesn't want to be persecuted again. With this being said, Professor X has the power to read and understand people's mind and thoughts. In one comic, Professor X read the mind of a holocaust survivor, therefore, alowing him to see the horrific things Jews experienced. It's even talked about that Professor X talked with Magneto about why he attacked humans and the impact the holocaust had on him. Professor X, knowing how horrible the holocaust was, also wants to prevent another one from happening, however he doesn't attack humans. During the time when the new X-men comics were coming out, the civil rights movement was a popular movement around the nation. I know this is somewhat of a stretch, but I think Professor X can be compared to Martin Luther King Jr. and Magneto to Malcom X. For the reasons of Professor X paralleling MLK Jr., he doesn't want another holocaust and he deals with racism and prejudice in a healthy way, through peace; on the other hand, Magneto is like Malcom X because he believes the only way to stop the prejudice and preventing another holocaust is to fight the humans to stop a potential problem before it happens (Malcom X wasn't a peacefull protestor usually). It's for these reasons Magneto isn't really a villan but yet a confused, hurt, person who doesn't want terrible things happening again.