Draco's bigotry and leadership

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 144614

> Betsy Hp:
> So basically you're saying Blaise decided the best place to enjoy 
> the long journey to Hogwarts was with a boy he disliked, smashed 
> into a seat with two other large boys, so that the boy he disliked 
> could lounge comfortably on the other seat with his girlfriend.  I 
> don't get your logic here.  

a_svirn:
It may not have necessarily been the way you suggest. Zabiny could 
have found a nice quiet compartment for himself, when Draco and his 
sidekicks got in. And while he was being entertained by Slughorn, 
Draco's girlfriend joined Draco and Co. So he found himself squeezed 
into the seat with two large boys. Which annoyed him. 

> Betsy Hp:
> Though if Blaise *does* dislike Draco than he *must* see Draco as 
a 
> rather powerful leader.  

a_svirn:
??!!

> Betsy Hp:
> Can a bigot ever change? Or is it once a bigot, always a bigot?

a_svirn:
It's an interesting philosophical question. Can anyone who for 
decades has honestly believed that Earth is flat change his or her 
mind on the subject? I believe one can, but one rarely does. 

> Betsy Hp:
> Draco received his bigotry from his father, tied in with his 
support 
> of the Death Eaters and Voldemort.  

a_svirn:
Ah, but his father probably got his bigotry from his father. And no 
doubt this is the case with other death eaters. And quite possibly 
Draco's father received his bigotry tied up with his support of 
Voldemort's cause. After all, he's at least one generation younger 
than Riddle. 

> Betsy Hp:
  He did start to lower his 
> wand, so he must have been listening to what Dumbledore had told 
> him.  Will he continue to lower his wand?  Only JKR knows for 
sure.  
> But it would be a massive waste of writing, IMO, to set Draco up 
for 
> such a huge life change and than have him decide not to take it. 

a_svirn:
I am pretty sure he won't be sorry to see the last of Voldemort. But 
would he change his mind about muggleborns? Would he even stop to 
call them mudbloods in their faces? Or in private? I doubt it very 
much. I do think that he would be more cautious in future, tough.