[HPforGrownups] Re: OoP: I'll do it: In defense of James

[Jenserai Bariman]

No: HPFGUIDX 62635

Kewpie:
>Agree. How was Snape's "mudblood" racist slurs any different from
>James hexing "oddballs" whom he considered inferior?  James's picking
>on Snape is also based on no apparent reason and bigotry, it's really
>just the same kind of attitude. If James is so "good" for not
>thinking muggle aren't inferior, why won't he realize people who came
>from different background, and not born with privilege (looks, wealth)
>or having preference in "occult things" are NOT filths, they're human
>being with feelings too. I just don't see how people defend James as
>if suggesting "well at least he's not racist" made him any more
>morally superior to Snape.
>

My spin on this:
So James didn't like oddballs, and Snape didn't like Muggle-borns. I'm not 
sure Snape's apparent racism was anything more than a reaction to the 
humiliation he was feeling at the moment, but I'll admit it's a possiblity 
and leave it for now.

The point I want to make about this scenario is that I hardly think the Lily 
would be defending Snape if he went around hexing muggle-borns as James did 
with outcasts.

-Jens

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