Squatter calls Sam the 'half-wise Hobbit'. This is very well put. Sam has grown up believing Smeagol/Gollum to be evil, so that when he was put face to face with him, the hatred that had been stored up all his life shone through. Sam was not capable of changing. He was not really capable of seeing the bigger picture.
Frodo was once like this. But then Gandalf stepped in and had a word with him. Frodo's treatment of Gollum is a direct consequence of the wisdom of Gandalf.
I don't blame Sam. I do pity Smeagol.
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