Snape - a werewolf bigot?? Was: Say it isn't so Lupin!!!

[pippin_999]

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> Alla:
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> 
> And LOL - if him joining DE does not prove that he was sympathetic to 
> their goals, then really I do not know what will it take to prove it.
> 

Pippin:
So then, Bigot!Snape is *not* OFH? Actually, I don't see how he can be, 
since the  dictionary says a bigot is one who is  "strongly partial to one's own 
group, race, religion or politics and is intolerant of those who differ". 

But we are told that Barty Jr joined to spite his father, Peter joined
because he was frightened or because Voldemort was winning, depending
on which version of his story you believe. Fenrir joined because he
wants to bite people. None of these people  expressed any 
interest in the pureblood agenda. 

> Alla:
> 
> So, wait if somebody called me "dirty zhidovka", that means such 
> person is taking advantage of my lower social status, but unless such 
> person screams loudly " kill zhidov and save Russia", such person is 
> not a bigot?

Pippin:
The "save Russia" part is important if you want to use the word
'bigot', yeah. Bigotry is not a synonym for intolerance, see above.

Alla:
 Or are you talking about different degrees of bigotry as 
> if one is better than another?

Pippin:
The difference of degree is inherent in the definition, since someone who is not
strongly partial is not a bigot. If you would like to say that Snape is intolerant,
I don't think anyone would argue with that. 

Pippin