I do think that's a bit unfair. I consider one of the morals of HPMoR to be "at every stage, Dumbledore did the only thing he could do to avoid disaster, and ev

I do think that's a bit unfair. I consider one of the morals of HPMoR to be "at every stage, Dumbledore did the only thing he could do to avoid disaster, and everyone was really awful to him for it but he did the right thing anyway as best as he could". What you read as "Harry is the sane one and Dumbledore is a fool", I read as a cautionary tale about what happens when you think you're much smarter than everyone else and you have no idea what's actually going on. "Trouncing" someone is easy; being right is extremely hard.