Hermione's Hypocrisy?(long)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 129219

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Betsy:
> > But don't you see that as a Muggleborn Hermione faces some of the 
> > exact same prejudices?  And that Lupin and Hagrid are hurt by 
> > prejudice and react to that prejudice in the exact same way 
> Hermione  would?  
> 
> a_svirn:
> 
> Nope, I don't see that. Hermione is universally admired. 


Pippin:
Um, no.  Remember the way Lucius reacted to Hermione's
parents in CoS? Remember Rita Skeeter's article in GoF, and the hate 
mail telling Hermione to go back where she came from? Remember 
the bubotuber pus?

You may not think much of Draco's quartet, but
their opinions come from home, and Lucius is (or was) a very 
influential wizard. There are evidently a lot of people who agree
with  him, though they might not be willing to say it where Albus 
Dumbledore can hear them. 

 Lupin, Maxime and Hagrid face the same allegation as Hermione: 
they're outsiders so they must have loose morals. (Ugh!) Hermione
 understands their needs because they happen to coincide
with her own. But that doesn't always happen.

She understands that Lavender is grieving over Binky, but
not that Lavender needs to believe in Trelawney's prediction 
because it makes Binky's death seem less random and senseless.
When Harry is stressed Hermione doesn't understand  that he needs 
activity  rather than quiet as she would. 
She doesn't predict that the centaurs' need to
take revenge on wizardkind might outweigh their need to obey
their laws. 

 She thinks the House Elves' need to serve can't be natural, but
she doesn't understand that it's real nonetheless and can't be
dismissed. That's where her compassion goes off the rails.

Pippin