Where does it say that Molly is a pureblood fanatic???

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 125218

Someone suggested that:
>Molly comes
>from a purebloodist wizard family (Prewitts are still on the Noble
>Black tapestry)

and Valky agreed that

>Molly and Arthur share a great deal(love for example) but they
>*don't* share Arthur's tolerance and liberalism and neither moreover
>do they share Arthurs Self-confidence that rises above all this
>public shame.
>
>Molly, alas, is sady affected by her blood status as a traitor.
>Unlike Sirius and Andromeda who *knew* they wanted to turn their
>backs on the purebloodist kin and had no regret or remorse for being
>shunned and rebuked by the ones that should love them, Molly
>couldn't carry anymore regret, frankly.

I am the first person to admit that Molly gets on my nerves sometimes, but I 
definitely disagree with the people who have suggested that her family 
believed in the doctrine of pure blood, let alone that she herself does.

On the contrary, we know that:

1)    Molly's brothers, the Prewitts, were *killed* by Voldemort et al 
during the first Voldemort War.  If they were in agreement with him, why 
would they have been killed?

2)  Ron calls Salazar Slytherin a "twisted old loony" for his beliefs, and 
says that if wizards hadn't married muggles they would have died out.  Ron, 
like his siblings, was homeschooled by Molly, and I think it's fair to 
assume that the Weasley children learned their basic values from her as well 
as from Arthur -- after all, they spent more time with her, since Arthur was 
at the Ministry.

3)  Molly invites Hermione to the Burrow, to dinner at the inn in Diagon 
Alley, includes her on her Christmas and Easter list, etc. with only one 
hiatus when she believes on Rita Skeeter's authority that Hermione has been 
trifling with Harry's affections. (As to why she believes Rita Skeeter, 
Molly isn't the best judge of celebrities -- she admired Gilderoy Lockhart, 
too.)  If Molly were really such a bigot, she wouldn't want Hermione around, 
and even if she put up with her, it would be easy to tell -- do you think 
Mundungus Fletcher is in any doubt as to whether or not Molly likes him?

4) If Molly's family had been pureblood believers, or sympathized with the 
aims of Voldemort, Lucius Malfoy would probably have said so.  His remarks 
sound as if he views the Weasley family as a monolithic entity supporting 
all that he hates and rejecting all that he stands for.

In short, being called a "blood traitor" by people like Mrs. Black and 
Lucius Malfoy can only be to the credit of Molly as well as to her family.

Oh, and I read the remark about "swarming with muggles" as about as bigoted 
as complaining about traffic jams and long lines.


Janet Anderson