voldemort/mudblood total nonspoiler

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No: HPFGUIDX 65929

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jade Rauenzahn" 
<RedWingsChica at s...> wrote:
> <<Actually, Voldemort is a half-blood. His mother was a witch, and 
I assume that's where he gets his lineage dating back to Slytherin.
> 
> Still, his hell-bent attitude on racial purity is quite 
interesting, and parallels on Hitler himself. Hitler was, from my 
understanding, at least part Jewish. Some short, dark-haired, greasy 
git. Not the 'blonde-haired, blue-eyed, athletic, uber-Christian that 
he thought was 'da bomb'.
> 
> The similarities aren't an accident, I think.>>

I agree with this, and would like to throw something else out: While 
this insistence on racial purity is a strong part of their outlook, 
it seems to me that the followers of Voldemort ultimately crave power 
more than anyhing else, and are thus willing to "conveniently" ignore 
that their Fearless Leader is a clear example of what they supposedly 
detest.

At least, that's the best rationalization I've been able to come up 
with.

Susan P.