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Your originql words concerning Snape's comment to Tonks was that: 'Snape so gratituously mocked and ridiculed Tonks' feelings'. You received replies suggesting that the words were not gratituous, or riduculing, and were given reasons why that might be. I didn't see anyone who suggested that Snape's words were kind or were a model of empathetic counselling. This is not rationalising away Snape's less savoury moments, it is simply looking beyond the surface.
Some people think, and I agree, that he is warning Tonks off Lupin, for reasons that are proved to right in the next book, not to mention that he is telling her that something which might save her life and that of others (her patronus) is not functioning properly. And yes, he is doing so in his normal snide manner. If you want to continue to read this as mocking or ridiculing it is your prerogative to do so.
The person in your example is not warning, they are turning a knife in a wound.
Finallly, this topic is about the interactions of MWPP, Lily and Severus as seen through the dynamics of Lupin and Sirius' canine forms. That's what was being discussed, not Severus' general character.
Some people think, and I agree, that he is warning Tonks off Lupin, for reasons that are proved to right in the next book, not to mention that he is telling her that something which might save her life and that of others (her patronus) is not functioning properly. And yes, he is doing so in his normal snide manner. If you want to continue to read this as mocking or ridiculing it is your prerogative to do so.
The person in your example is not warning, they are turning a knife in a wound.
Finallly, this topic is about the interactions of MWPP, Lily and Severus as seen through the dynamics of Lupin and Sirius' canine forms. That's what was being discussed, not Severus' general character.