Writing off Slytherins was Snape and Harry again. WasRe: Snape in the Shrieki

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Nora wrote: 
> Let me piggyback a question onto this.  Trolling around the 
fandom, I 
> do often see the assertions: 'Dumbledore has written off all the 
> Slytherins; everyone at school hates them, including their 
teachers; 
> the world is set against them'.  Is there any solid support for 
this, 
> canonically, or is it a mixture of some possiblity and a lot of 
> projection?
> 
>
Potioncat:
To be honest, I don't think DD has even written off LV/Tom Riddle 
(Even if JKR has.)

I think there is an overwhelming opinion among Hogwarts students and 
some adults that Slytherin House is a dangerous house, because Dark 
Wizards come from there. I don't think everyone has written them 
off.  McGonagall hasn't and I don't think Flitwick has.  I can't 
remember if we've seen an interaction with Sprout. Even Hagrid's 
comment to Nott(?) in class seemed friendly or at least neutral.

So far, we've only seen Slytherins behaving badly or appearing to 
behave badly. It seems to me that some fans think bad!Slytherins are 
cool.  Some think we've been misled and they aren't all bad.  And 
others have written them off...and I guess everything in between.

Potioncat who thinks we've met some nasty Slytherins but is hoping 
for improvement.