Did the Slytherins come back?

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 181807

> > Magpie:
> > Why should Harry notice anything? Because that's how we know 
what's
> > going on. The line says shopkeepers and family of non-Slytherins
> > returned with Slughorn and there's no reason for Harry to notice
> that
> > any more than he should notice there being Slytherins there. Of
> > course Harry would remark on that fact if it happened. It would be
> > downright remarkable.

cookiedclown:
 
> But they were lead By Slughorn, A Slytherin.  Snape, Though ill
> Tempered, protected Harry and Served Dumbledore Faithfully.
> Slytherins Have a built in prejudice for Muggle borns and Half
> Bloods, that why the Revelation of Snape being Half blood was
> surprising.
> Like the song from South Pacific says "They Have to Be Taught"  most
> Slytherins are Taught to hate Less than Pure bloods.


Magpie:
Yes, I know. Harry identified any Slytherins that were involved. 
Snape was a DE who was in love with Lily and gave his life trying to 
make up for killing her and to protect Harry. Slughorn was a lower 
level racist who also loved Lily. However Slytherins wind up hating 
less than Purebloods--and they seem to have other problems besides 
that--that's who they are in this universe. It doesn't really matter 
how they get taught the bad things they are since nobody's doing 
anything to teach them anything different. That's not where the story 
goes. Far from having unconscious prejudice against Slytherins, my 
own default setting is to think they're no different from anyone else 
and that *everyone* in this universe suffers from some of the same 
problems they have and just deal with it by projecting it onto the 
Other that are the Slytherins. But the way the story played out the 
Slytherin does mean you're starting out a sleazier person.

-m