Faith Prince

I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.

American Actress

Martha Nussbaum

When we feel helpless later in life, fear makes us scapegoat others. Instead of fixing the problems, we say, 'Oh, it's all their fault - those women or immigrants are infesting our country.' Rather than useful protest or constructive solutions, we get angry at these handy targets.

American Philosopher

Rachel Dolezal

I'm this generic, ambiguous scapegoat for white people to call me a race traitor and take out their hostility on. And I'm a target for anger and pain about white people from the black community. It's like I am the worst of all these worlds.

American Activist

Jamie Dimon

If business doesn't thrive, it hurts America. We need improved relations, more collaboration, more thought and more consistency as we go about trying to make sure we have the best country in the world. Not scapegoating and finger-pointing.

American Businessman

Ice Cube

I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.

American Musician

Jonathan Davis

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

D. B. Sweeney

I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat.

American Actor

Jahlil Okafor

I definitely feel like I'm the scapegoat for a lot of The Process issues.

American Athlete

Rene Girard

A scapegoat remains effective as long as we believe in its guilt.

French Historian

Ernest Bevin

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

British Public Servant

Used when someone transfers blame to avoid responsibility or discredit others.

Blame Transfer

Highlights the unjust nature of blaming a scapegoat; they are not truly at fault.

Unjust Treatment

Often involves power imbalance; those with less power are more likely to be scapegoats.

Power Dynamics

Originates from a religious ritual symbolizing purification by transferring sins.

Religious Origin

In literature and culture, a scapegoat often symbolizes injustice and mistreatment.

Cultural Symbolism

Understanding the historical context can explain the gravity of being labeled a scapegoat.

Historical Context

 Those were all really solid examples. They did not get me any closer to understanding why I thought I recognized this one particular poem. But they followed the pattern. They played along. Right? Four in the morning as this scapegoat hour when all these dramatic occurrences allegedly occur. Maybe this was some kind of cliche

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 One of the things I'm most worried about, and have been worried about since the beginning, what I've been talking to our chiefs about, is say, you must be out of the social distancing policing game. You can't be the ones doing that, and the reason is We're in a moment where creating scapegoats and enemies and others

The path to ending...

 Hitler took advantage of the people's anger, offering them convenient scapegoats and a promise to restore Germany's former greatness. Mainstream parties proved unable to handle the crisis while left-wing opposition was too fragmented by internal squabbles.

How did Hitler rise to...

 But ultimately, the reason for their behavior is unknown. What we do know is that adults accepted wild accusations by children as hard evidence. Today, the Salem Witch Trials remain a cautionary tale of the dangers of groupthink and scapegoating,

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 as they're labeled in the media become a rock and roll soap opera I guess like my ego could be talking right now and I could say well we're interesting people you know but I think we're just easy scapegoats we were hounded by Department of

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 celebration as well but that's not uncommon there are lots of rituals around the world that combine pain and danger with celebration singing joy and so forth the objects chosen by the scapegoats for piercing are symbolic of

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 is known as the Omega in the Sawtooth pack lakota held this position for many years now the Omega must constantly submit to his fellow pack members as he's often dominated by them and treated as a scapegoat Lakota

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 Basically, someone who is responsible in a slang Chinese is someone who carries a black wok. You are made to be the scapegoat for something that is bad.

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 is coming as long as you believe help is coming for us to be ready for us to be renew your we serve you for the scapegoat like

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 Everyone wonders about the next plane. People are looking for scapegoats. The president, the night before, pledges to

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