Draco's need to be

[rpenguin7]

No: HPFGUIDX 44235

This is my first time to post here.. Hi everyone *waves*
Somehow I never see Draco as a neo Nazi activist despite his very PC 
incorrect language *grins*. The first time he brought up the 
term "mudblood", was when Hermione said, "At least he doesn't need to 
buy himself into the team.. or something" (sorry, forgot the exact 
quote). Even though Draco was at the time making mean remarks about 
the Gryffindor team, Hermione's statement was still rather unfair-- 
it's fairly obvious judging from canon, Draco can fly well and 
would've been able to make Slytherin's seeker w/o bribery. Degraded 
and outraged, Hermione's "blood type" was the ONLY thing Draco could 
retaliate her with. Because there simply is nothing else Hermione is 
worse off.

As for Ron's financial status.. well, the first time he brought that 
up on the train was when Ron made a funny noise at Draco's name, so 
again it was an overreaction rather than a self-initiated attack. I 
certainly don't think Draco would only befriend with the rich, since 
he didn't seem to know nor care about Harry's financial condition. I 
think he picks whoever benefits him or is good to him (Crabbe, 
Goyle,Pansy), and if possible, I highly doubt he wouldn't want to 
trade Crabbe & Goyle for Harry/Ron, and Pansy for Hermione. But since 
the trio totally despise him (I don't blame them)they've therefore 
elected themselves as his enemies.

Also take Snape for example, we don't know yet whether he's pure blood
(I assume he is though), but he certainly doesn't appear to be rich 
and powerful-- however he is the only teacher Draco respects, 
probably mostly because he considers Snape to be "on his side". 
Another evidence is that while he counts Crabbe and Goyle as his 
allies, he certainly doesn't *respect* them, despite their pure 
blood, their similar background and all.

Draco is good at spotting one's weakness, race and wealth just 
*happened* to be the only major weakness he could find in Hermione 
and Ron (note how Hermione was totally unaffected though). As much as 
I love Draco, so far I cannot tell from canon his ability to "think 
for himself", I therefore highly doubt it's truly his own opinion 
that the "non-pure blood" and the poor are inferior. 

Just my $0.02  =)