"M**blood" and handicap

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 106320


Jocelyn answered :
> I think it's more like using 'nigger' or 'kike'.  Not just the fact, 
> but a judgement of inferiority as well.  Muggle is a value-neutral 
> word.  Mudblood is an insult.

Del replies :
I don't think it's "just" an insult. Crowds don't react so strongly
and so massively to insults, even the worst ones. But when Draco uses
the word, *every single* wizard-born kid reacts strongly and gets on
Draco's case. That doesn't remind of a crowd's reaction to an insult.

It reminds of a crowd's reaction to a *taboo*.

Del