[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPDISC:HBP19,Elf Tails

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 157514

> Kathryn Jones:
>
> 11. Hagrid called Filch "a sneaking Squib." Have we ever
> heard Hagrid talk to another co-worker like this before
> and what does it say about their relationship? Do you
> think that Hagrid has some personal conflict with Filch?
> Does this seem out of character for Hagrid? Does Hagrid
> share the WW dislike of Squibs?
>
> Houyhnhnm snipped:
>
> I think it is Filch's personality that Hagrid dislikes rather than
> the fact that he is a Squib.

Snow:

Yep! I thought that Filtch was making Hagrid feel that he was as far
down the totem pole as Filtch always thought he was and Hagrid
plucked a higher notch by informing Filtch that he was at the very
least a teacher and did have magical skills even if he wasn't allowed
to use them by his dominant statement.

Magpie:
I wasn't going to reply to this, but just in case...we do all realize that 
what you described is classic bigotry, right?  That Hagrid is asserting his 
"dominance" by reminding Filch of his inferior circumstances of birth? It's 
the same way that Malfoy responds to Hermione when Hermione makes him feel 
low on the Quidditch Pitch. Whether or not Hagrid hates Filch for being a 
Squib doesn't matter as much as the fact that he expresses his hatred by 
going straight for "Squib."

-m