Scapegoating Slytherin - The Moral Majority

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 144447

 
> Miles:
> We do not know that Dumbledore was in Gryffindor, do we? I only 
know one
> line in canon to support this assumption:
> "... and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds by far the best, I hear
> Dumbledore himself was one" (Hermione at her first appearance on the
> Hogwarts Express, ch 6 of PS/SS)

Potioncat:
Here's a link to the Lexicon, which says DD was in Gryffindor.
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/dumbledore.html

Responding to the past 4 or 5 posts in this thread:
We have two sets of canon. First we have everything characters say 
and do in the books. That is, what characters say about Slytherin and 
what Slytherin characters do.  Do we have any information about 
Slytherin from a non-Gryffindor? Secondly, we have JKR's comments 
about the Houses. She has said courage is the most important trait. 
She's said Gryffindor is the best house. Now, whether she's echoing 
the characters or whether she means is up for interpretation. 

She's also aid all four Houses are an important and a vital part of 
Hogwarts. She says you have to take everything about a person. (Now 
my memory is getting foggy.) She's also said (July 2005) that not all 
Slytherins are bad and only a small percentage are of DE families. 
That there are DE-related kids in the other Houses too.

We also have a character in Gryffindor only one year ahead of Harry 
that none of us, including Harry, have ever met before. So there must 
be tons of Slytherins we've never met. It stands to reason we've only 
met the ones Harry has come in contact with. They are the ones who 
know Draco, and probably have the most in common with Draco. 

Back to stigmas. Slytherins are like lawyers...............OK, what 
appeared in your head? Intelligent, highly respected leaders of 
society or tricky scumbags? 

Let's try again. Slytherins are like blondes.................OK, now 
what? Did you imagine beautiful, sexy women who have the type of hair 
that other women go to great lengths to copy, or was it Dumb Blonde 
joke #99?

I suspect there are higly ambitious Slytherins who are a lot like 
Hermione. They probably know and resent the negative things said 
about their House. Then there's the Draco-like ones, who probably 
don't care. I'm sure most if not all of the Slytherins see themsevles 
as being in the very best House of Hogwarts and view any negative 
comments as signs of envy. In fact, I'll bet just about everyone at 
Hogwarts thinks he or she is in the very best House.



Potioncat, who isn't blonde or a lawyer.