Prejudice Hermione's Hypocrisy?(long)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 129261

Gerry:
> Lucius is a prejudiced bastard. Rita Skeeter could not care less
where  Hermione came from, she was just the female interest in 
the Harry Potter story. And ofcourse there is nothing nicer to 
write about than a tragic hero abandoned by the one he loves for 
his foreign adversery.
>    Friendship is just not interesting enough for the likes of Rita.
 
Pippin:
Rita identifies Hermione in the story as "Muggle-born Hermione
Granger."  Presumably she thinks her readers will find that 
relevant. I can't recall that purebloods are ever identified as such. 

Of course Lucius is prejudiced and everyone knows it. But few 
shun him on that account.   It may not be socially acceptable to
advocate  killing Muggleborns, but it's quite all right to look 
down on them.  And as Sirius told us, before Voldemort embraced 
violence many people approved of his views.

Gerry:
> As for the hatemail: It's hatemail, what would you excpect. It has
> nothing to do with her being muggleborn, but by her abandoning St.
> Potter, tragic young hero. If she were pureblood she would have
gotten  just as much and just as nasty letters. Only then probably 
about how she considered herself too good for him or such nonsense. 

Pippin:
::sigh:: I'm sure the purebloods don't have a monopoly on prejudice,
but I also think that the person who wrote, " gO Back wherE you cAME 
from  mUggle" didn't adopt that point of view  just on Hermione's 
account. There is real prejudice out there, it's endemic, and based on
the same poisonous ideology that condemns Hagrid and Lupin for 
being what they are. 

Hogwarts is a haven in a stormy sea and even it isn't entirely
immune. What do you think Hermione would make of it  that while 
the Ministry discussed closing the school after muggleborn 
Myrtle was killed, the decision was  made within hours when it was 
pureblood Ginny who was taken?

Pippin