Harry's bias again WAS: Bullying

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i> > Alla:
> ... And of course Harry IS biased against Snape, it is just I 
believe 
> that Snape is the ONLY one to blame for such bias, since when 
Harry 
> first arrived to  the lesson , he had no such bias against Snape.
> > 
> > Ceridwen:
> > But, he did.  One of the Weasleys tipped him off to the 'awful' 
> > teacher before they got there.  <snip> But he's pegged as a 
suspected
> > former DE, someone loyal to the guy who killed Harry's parents, 
> > before they even got to school or to class. 
> 
> Amiable Dorsai:
> All I can find is this:
<SNIP of the quote which could be read UPTHREAD>
>> Nobody said anything about Death Eaters.  
> 
> I suppose you could hypothesize that Harry had a bias against Snape
> because he felt pain in his scar when Snape looked at him in the 
Great
> Hall (though I see little sign of such), but I couldn't find any
> reference to Snape as a possible supporter of
> He-Who-Must-Be-Suffocating-Under-That-Turban before Harry's first
> Potions class.

Alla:

Oh, you just provided the very same quote, I wanted to provide. So, 
no, I disagree with Ceridwen that Harry arrived to the first Potions 
class with any kind of bias against Snape.

Indeed, nobody told anything about Snape's connections with DE, but 
even if they DID, I would want to HEAR it from narrator that Harry 
was afraid to go to first potions class or something like that.

I don't remember reading anything to that effect.

What I DO remember reading is  that " LIke Mcgonagall, Snape had a 
gift for keeping class quiet" ( paraphrase). It seems to me like a 
quite POSITIVE first  view evaluation for someone whose Harry has 
alleged bias against. He does not say Snape made class shut up, he 
says Snape had a gift for keeping class quiet.

If Harry has any kind of bias before  the first lesson, it is an 
unknown to us, IMO.

So, I do find Snape attack to be despicable not only because of 
Harry IMO did nothing wrong, but because Harry arrives to the world 
completely unknown to him and is more nervous than purebloods 
students who at least know what they  are dealing with , sort of.


JMO of course,

Alla