Gryffindor & Slytherin roles (was Villain!Dumbledore)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 177748

> Jen:The core the argument is pretty 
> > simple as far as I can tell: Slytherins are really the inferior 
> ones, 
> > scapegoated by the dominant superior class and allowed to stick 
> > around so others have a whipping boy.  Only no one realizes this 
> > because they can't see their own prejudices.
> 
> Magpie:
> That makes it rude for me to talk about what I see in the books, 
> unfortunately, because saying what I honestly see becomes telling 
> strangers something about their own self-awareness and bigotry, of 
> which I know nothing. It's still what I honestly see. I wish it 
> didn't translate into a personal insult, or calling other people 
> racists, or challenging anyone's personal claim of never being 
> racist at all. <snip>

Jen: I'm just going to pick out this one piece because there's a big 
misunderstanding here!  I was *not* talking about people; I was 
talking about the characters and their prejudices. I'm sorry it came 
across another way.  I thought it was obviously about the characters 
because I said: 'the core of the argument' and then started talking 
about the Slytherins.