Someone should punch Ginny in the face for crashing into Zach's position like that. It reminds me of a lot of the radicals on the Internet today: they claim their opponents are playing dirty from a priviledged position and therefore they don't owe them politeness in the debate, but then their debate is shown to consist of little more than foaming-at-the-mouth name-calling.
You know what I think it is with the Gryffindors? They're fine with the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws as long as they act like the designated handmaidens and vassals of the noble Gryffs. If any Puffs or Claws step a toe out of line the Gryffs need to make sure they are put back in their place. And the big hatred of Slytherin is because the Slytherins just won't. They'll give back as good as they get
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There's no such thing as reverse-sexism or female-on-male domestic violence, as a big chunk of the Internet would want you to believe. Actually the term itself is a loaded one: if we have to use "reverse-" to indicate female-on-male, that's already condoning the notion that sexism is only ever male-on-female.
Exactly, which is why I said if the roles were reversed, not that this is an instance of reverse sexism. It’s the same reason why I don’t use the phrase “reverse racism,” because racism is racism, no matter what racial/ethnic group it happens to.
/Ron: Oh, woe is me! I am so bad at quidditch! Yes, I know I played quidditch last year and even helped secure a win for the team, but still, I am so! Bad! At! Quidditch that I just don’t know what I’ll do
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Yeah, you'd think Lee Jordan would be ambushed in the corridors for sh@t-talking Slytherin in every match that has them in it. Canon indicates that Slytherins are not above sabotaging other Quidditch players, why spare the commentator?
Draco says mean things and plays mean tricks that would be funny if the twins did them, but rarely actually hurts anyone, while the Gryffs frequently assault people physically or with magic. The lesson is that “using your words” is evil, while direct action is brave and heroic. The same rule holds with Snape, who is feared and hated by all good students because he says mean things, despite the fact that he goes out of his way to avoid hurting anyone physically or magically. Meanwhile Lupin, who puts everyone in terrible physical danger by neglecting to take his Wolfsbane, is the best teacher ever because he talks nice.
I remember on one of these forums, someone did an analysis of the original school story, Tom Brown’s School Days. In that book, the boys identified as bullies are the ones who say insulting things, and the “good” boys respond by getting together and beating the bully up. Hurting someone verbally is cowardly, bullying behavior, while physical assault is brave and good. Ginny is heroic to assault Zach because doing so
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I remember on one of these forums, someone did an analysis of the original school story, Tom Brown’s School Days. In that book, the boys identified as bullies are the ones who say insulting things, and the “good” boys respond by getting together and beating the bully up. Hurting someone verbally is cowardly, bullying behavior, while physical assault is brave and good. Ginny is heroic to assault Zach because doing so ( ... )
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