"Pathetic" Muggle-borns

[susanmcgee48176]

No: HPFGUIDX 178538

Wow, this sure sounds like blame the victim stuff to me (why didn't 
he fight back? whey didn't they do this? why didn't they do that?)

You know, in the RW, it's a lot harder than some of you seem to 
imagine...in my opinion.....It's not so easy to figure out what to do 
when you're homeless, on the run, without a wand suddenly...

Remember, lots of people DID fight back....we hear about Tonks' 
father Ted overpowering Dawlish and stealing his broom.

Xeno Lovegood is publishing an udnderground paper until they kidnap 
his daughter and hold her ransom.

Neville's gran also overpowers Dawlish (poor guy - he is surely shown 
as inept) and puts him in St. Mungo. 

At the Battle of Hogwarts, reinforcements include every family member 
of the Hogwarts students (practially), all the shopowners and 
residents of Hogsmede).

Remember that the press was really supporting LV...they were printing 
that Harry was the number one enemy of the state and had probably 
murdered DD. At the same time, they were discrediting DD, because of 
his flirtation with evil as a youth...

The order was trying to get Harry safely out of the Dursleys. They 
were operating without their beloved and highly effective leader. 
They were stunned by the perfidy of Snape. They were struggling (some 
of them) to protect Hogwarts' students from the Carrows. When did 
they have time to contact wealthy donors, and set up an underground?
Harry was busy finding horcruxes...

They were busy hiding the Dursleys, setting up various safe houses, 
etc.

Most of them, including Alastor Moody, were relucant to kill people 
out of hand, or torture them, or put the Imperius Curse on them.

It puts one at a BIG disadvantage to try to be scrupulous/fighting 
the unscrupulous.

Also, in these situations, )they came for the Jews, and I was not a 
Jew so I did not defend them)...lots of people's initial reaction to 
this kind of terror is to protect themselves, and their families, and 
to not get involved....they go after the people who are not so 
powerful or important -- like Mundungus Fletcher (a criminal) or Stan 
Shunpike (a bus conductor).....or the poor guy in magical 
maintenance...they first target people with less power, stature, 
influence or respectability...

Susan