Backlash?

[Megan Lerseth]

No: HPFGUIDX 163376

Something I have always wondered about in the HP books is the lack of backlash from the mixed-blood wizard community regarding the persecution that the Death Eaters and their sympathizers level at them. A lot of this comes from the fact that I live in a town full of violence and racial tension, but it still seems an odd omission.
   
For example, think of John Brown, who lived in the United States just prior to the Civil War era. A severely religious man, Brown was disgusted by the way many of his fellow white men treated the black population and thought slavery an abominable offense in the eyes of God. He believed that the tolerance suggested by most abolitionists would not get the job done, so he and his sons saddled up and went on sprees in which they killed slaveowners, overseers, and just about anyone who got in their way. Brown was eventually captured and hanged, but was regarded by the anti-slavery movement as a noble but flawed martyr.
   
What I'm trying to say here is that even the most noble causes will have their extremists. I don't understand why there are no insults in the books characterizing all pure-bloods as inbred freaks, or diversity-minded vigilantes going and Avada Kedavra-ing pureblood families in the dead of night. That's what happens in the real world, and I think it would be interesting to see Harry and the other heroes have to deal with people on "their" side using Dark tactics against the Death Eaters.

Megan