the DE are Nazi?Re: Elkins' Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame. (But not sympathetic)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 124832




> 
> Carol responds:
> There is, nonetheless, an undeniable prejudice throughout the WW
> against Muggles, ranging from contempt to amiable condescension 
like
> Mr. Weasley's. And the prejudice against Muggleborns stems from the
> prejudice against Muggles.
> 
> I've always found it confusing that the purebloods would regard the
> *absence* of a trait (magical "blood") as somehow contaminating or
> fouling the blood (muggleborn + "mudblood"). Be that as it may, I
> think they fear that their bloodline will be polluted if they 
marry a
> Muggleborn because a witch or wizard born of Muggle parents is more
> likely (in their view) to produce a Squib child. (Whether 
that "logic"
> is borne out in reality, we don't know, as we have no idea of 
Filch's
> or Mrs. Fogg's parentage.)

a_svirn:
Do you have ANY evidence in canon to support this? If anything, we 
know that pure-blood wizards are dangerously close to being inbred 
(at least, according to Sirius). Inbreeding is far more dangerous 
than "blood polluting" (I think we can state that certain mental 
problems run in the Black family – just look at Bellatrix and 
Sirius' mother). And we know that Squibs are opposites of 
Muggleborns – that is non-magical children born to magical parents. 
They can just as likely be the result of inbreeding, then 
of "polluting". 

> 
> At any rate, I don't think that the prejudice against Muggleborns 
is
> "arbitrary." It stems from fear and mistrust of Muggles (who have
> historically hanged, burned, and otherwise harassed and injured
> wizards) and a sense that Muggles are innately inferior. 

a_svirn:
And what about Wendoline the Weird? If burnings were "completely 
pointless", so were hanging etc. There was no reason for wizards to 
be afraid of Muggles, while Muggles were certainly right in fearing 
wizards. Still are in fact, just look at Dudley and he met 
only "good" wizards so far.