Word: scapegoatism
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...government are only reflections of the society we’ve created and the society that we want for ourselves. If we believe the problems that show themselves in these institutions are really worth fixing, we should probably spend some time addressing the actual causes. Instead, we choose to scapegoat easy targets, and then move along on our high horses as if we’ve accomplished something
...lots of intimidation toward people who speak out," says Steven Gan, editor of the online publication Malaysiakini. "Instead of saying, we're all Malaysians who need to unite and equip ourselves against our competitors in a globalized world, the government is pursuing divisive politics and making the media the scapegoat...
...That number could increase further after Sunday. Its opponents say the party has exploited raw Swiss fear of foreigners in order to expand its support. "This election is a competition between right and left," says Georg Kreis, president of the Federal Commission against Racism. "Foreigners are used as a scapegoat...
...balance-particularly family dysfunction. In a 2005 study, investigators at the University of Birmingham in Britain examined the case histories of 400 abused children and the 795 siblings of those so-called index kids. In general, they found that when only one child in the family was abused, the scapegoat was usually the eldest. When a younger child was abused, some or all of the other kids usually were as well. Mistreatment of any of the children usually breaks the bond the parents have with the firstborn, turning that child from parental ally to protector of the brood...
...year career at the network. His reputation was tainted after he oversaw a 60 Minutes report on George W. Bush's National Guard service that was later discredited. Now Rather is suing CBS and three of its top executives for $70 million, claiming the company made him a "scapegoat," failed to give him enough airtime after the episode and ostracized him to "pacify the White House." A spokes- man for CBS said the suit was "old news" and "without merit...