Why should Harry be expected to listen to anyone at Hogwarts?

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No: HPFGUIDX 122723


There has been a huge discussion about Harry and whether or not he
should trust Snape.  My question is why on earth would Harry trust any
of the staff at Hogwarts?  Because they are teachers and he is a
student?  That is balderdash and reprehensible balderdash at that. 
Were  Harry my son I would be praising him to the skies every summer
for refusal to place trust where trust has not been earned.  It is the
responsibility of the teacher to prove themselves worthy of trust and
respect, not the responsibility of the student to respect someone just
because they managed to wangle a job out of some Board of Trustees.

Who has earned Harry's trust (in terms of staff)?   Certainly not
McGonagall, who shows herself time and again to be incompetent at
securing fair treatment for him (in the matter of the Sorceror's
Stone, in the detentions with Umbridge, in the Quidditch suspension,
in the matter of Snape's unfair policies, in the matter of the Prefect
position, etc).  And yes, it IS McGonagall's job to secure justice for
Harry in these situations.  This is especially the case in that Harry
has no parents to intercede for him independently.  Certainly Harry
cannot trust Snape, and DEFINITELY not Dumbledore, whose sins against
Harry are so numerous that they can't be numbered.  All we are left
with is Hagrid, not the sharpest tool in the shed, and Lupin, who only
lasts a year.

Quite a pathetic record, really.


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