OoP: What Snape is really doing out there...

[Kewpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 66242

First I got to say I felt that some of the anti-Snape people here are 
a little bit overexaggerating some of Snape's so-called "nastiness" 
in Ch.24 , it's like no matter what he do or say, they comes off 
super evil/nasty to you guys. 

How on earth was he "insulting" Black during that Christmas scene!?
You call that "insult"?! I couldn't believe we're reading the same 
book. Snape was taunting or teasing, yes, but insults?  And may I 
remind you guys that it was Black who was being unpleasant first.
 
And since when did "sit down, Potter" became a nasty rude giving-
order talk!?  What do you anti-Snape people want him to say 
then? "Would you please take a seat my dear/sweetheart/honey?" Snape 
was being professional, "sit down, Potter" is nothing but being 
professional.  
 
> Did Snape "offer" Harry to sit down or did he order him to?

what's exactly so wrong with "Sit down, Potter" may I ask you!? 
I can easily see Prof. McGonagal said the same thing. 

> Snape can't even keep himself from ordering Harry 
> around and sneering at him in the kitchen of the order's safehouse. 

Ordering Harry around? How so? When? where?
And didn't Snape explained everything to Harry in a professional 
manner the whole time?!

> Snape was cool? I suppose that, depending on your personal feelings 
regarding 
> the two adults in the room, you could see Snape as the "cool" one 
(though 
> it's noteable that Snape is the one who indulges in insult after 
insult while 

What "insults after insults"?!??!
If what Snape said at that scene are consider "insults", then what 
about Black then? Doesn't that made him also insulting Snape the 
whole time then? Don't forget he was being extremely childlish to 
called Snape "Snivellus" and "Lucius's Lapdog". Did you remember that 
at all?  

> Black does nothing til Snape takes a shot at both Harry and James), 
but how cool 
> is sneering at and repeatedly belittling Harry? Is that cool too? 

Black does nothing!??!  He was the one who started it. He was also 
the one raising his voice first. He was also the one being aggressive 
the whole time. He was the one who do childlish name calling. He was 
the one push his chair roughly and pull out his wand first, he was 
the one pushing Harry. 

On the other hand, Snape remain his coolness and being calm the whole 
time, including after being called "Snivelllus" by Black.

Joan (who have a feeling that even if Snape did end up being nice to 
Harry, these anti-Snape people could still find bunch of bad things 
to say about it like how he's not nice enough or he didn't really 
meant it or something)