CHAPDISC:HBP19,Elf Tails

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 157559

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 Filch was making Hagrid feel that he 
> > was as far down the totem pole as Filch always thought 
> > he was and Hagrid plucked ... inform(ed) Filch that he 
> > was at the very least a teacher ...

> > Magpie:
> > ...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 ....

bboyminn:
  
> None the less though, Filch actually started the incident 
> when he failed to recognise the circumstances and to 
> recognise Hagrid's authority.

houyhnhnm:

Yes, the Squib remark was hitting below the belt (whatever 
Hagrid's feelings about Squibs) and, yes, "he hit me first".  
That seems to be the way they do things in the Potterverse.  
Personally, I think it's the reason they are afflicted with 
one Dark Lord after another.