Discussion: Muggles, Squibs and Mudbloods

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[crystalzelda]

Well, I think it started with the prejudice muggles had against them, and to protect themselves, they started dehumanizing the muggles and building themselves up as superior beings - which really isn't all that hard to do when you can do MAGIC and you're surrounded by people who can't even begin to imagine the things you can accomplish

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I'm going to lock comments after this because there is nothing else that can touch this flawless comment tbqh.

[crystalzelda]

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[ellielinton]

I can't even with the amazing that is this comment.

[silkchemise]

Yeah, this comment is amazing.

[crystalzelda]

omg tysm

[maynardsong]

This comparison would hold much more water if Muggles had systematically enslaved and colonized wizards, and if the vast majority of the witch hunts (according to JKR!) hadn't actually been Muggles. Very rarely did real witches and wizards get caught. What follows is that it was Muggles - Muggle women at that - who bore the brunt of the witch hunts. And wizarding history kinda glosses over this. But JKR could have done that too, intentionally. ICWYDT JKR!

[crystalzelda]

Of course, they weren't enslaved or killed all that much. They're wizards, they can protect themselves. The fact of the matter remains, however, that they succeeded in sending an entire civilization (I'm not quite sure how to refer to the wizarding population, as they are linked not only geographically but by their magical abilities) underground. Yes, not many witches and wizards were killed in the witch hunts but it did result in them hiding themselves and their true powers from virtually the whole world