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ScapeGoat
MeatballWiki | RecentChanges | Random Page | Indices | CategoriesThe scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness, to atone for the sins of the people, when the Israelites were in the wilderness under Moses (Leviticus 16). Aaron the high priest sacrificed two goats, one by killing it ritually, and one by telling the goat all the sins of the people and then driving it out into the desert. The word is more widely used as a metaphor, referring to someone who is blamed and ostracized for misfortunes, often as a way of blaming "someone else" in order to appear free of blame oneself.