Of course Snape is a Slytherin

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Carol wrote:
> (Snip)
> He wouldn't have called Lily a "mud blood" if 
> his own heritage were questionable. I do think
> (Snip)

Jazmyn wrote: 
> Voldemort calls people mudbloods all the time 
> and he is not a pureblood. 

I believe Voldemort is impersonating a pureblood.
He may not acutally say it, but considering his 
stance on the issue how many people would take 
him for anything else.  Remember how Sirius' 
parents felt about Voldemort, his goals and their 
other son's involvement.  The purebloods were 
rallying behind him.  Would so many purebloods, 
especially fanatically ones like Sirius' Mom 
have done so if they thought he was a half-blood?

Remember that Voldemort changed his name 
and his appearance.  He even comments on how he 
had had no intention of keeping his muggle father's 
name.

Dumbledore mentioned that most people didn't 
recognize Riddle when he re-surfaced as Voldemort.  
How many people know the he's Tom Riddle, a 
half-blood?  Malfoy knows because of the diary 
and in CoS, he mentioned that his closest 
associates were already calling him Lord 
Voldemort, but how many people were in that 
group and wouldn't they keep their Lord's secret.  
They'd better if they don't like pain.

Voldemort has a whole lot of self-hate and some 
major identity issues.  He didn't like who he was 
so he remade himself in name and in body.  Think 
about the transformations that Dumbledore mentioned.  
I hadn't thought of it before, but was Voldemort 
trying to "change" from the way he was before.

I'll now go back to Snape.  Everyone knows that 
he is whatever he is.  His Slytherin housemates 
would definately know who's pure and who's not.  
So unlike Voldemort, Snape can't yell "mudblood" 
and hope people will think he's something else.  
They already know what his real parentage is.

Yelling "mudblood" works for Voldemort, but not Snape.

Yolanda