Snape and Draco again was I see no difference

[zgirnius]

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phoenixgod: 
> Honestly, the logic in your original post is so torturous in its 
> contortions to make the scene not an insult it doesn't surprise me 
that 
> some people read it as you putting forth a Saint Snape scenario.  I 
> think a plain textual reading of Snape going for the jugular on 
> Hermione is the correct one.

zgirnius:
I read it the same way as you my first time through. Though, I 
definitely read faster than I think, which means I would never have 
considered Snape's statement independently of the reactions that 
follow it.

I have encountered a few people who claim only to have understood 
that Snape's comment was hurtful, and why, after reading Hermione, 
Harry, and Ron's reactions, and thinking about it. Such people, 
obviously, do not find the logic of the argument convoluted, since it 
coincides with their first impressions of the scene. (Though I may, 
of course, have presented it poorly).