Not our Ron! Ron humiliating Hermione in DADA

[Mandy]

> Sara says:
> But it states right there in the book that Ron calls Hermione a
> "know-it-all" twice a week.  What's the difference who says it?  
Yes, in the book Ron defends her, but why he does it seems more like 
only he can call her names.  I found it very hypocritical of Ron to 
defend her from Snape's name-calling, when Ron does it himself.

> Ladycat16 says: (my reply)
> I think it's the matter of who it is coming from, yes I agree that 
it's kind 
> of hypocritical of him, but coming from other students it really 
isn't as bad 
> as coming from a teacher. <snip>



Mandy here:
Exactly.  It's one thing to call you friend a 'know it all' to her 
face, when it's your friend and she also knows it to be true.   But 
quite another to say it out loud, in front of a class after a teacher 
has publicly humiliated your friend in a way that should never of 
happened.  It's kicking the girl while she was down, plain and simple.
Mandy