Every so often someone raises the the question about my anonymity. I am not anonymous. Most people know who I am and I have said many times, if you want to know who I am, email me. Unless you are a troll, I will tell you.
Not only do most people know who I am, they also know how to get hold of me. Such was the case today. I got a call from a person who said they weren’t a birdie but they were an alligator swimming in the moat at the McCoart building. Too funny. I have never noticed a moat down there but if s/he says so, I’ll believe it. My alligator then told me that there was a huge groundswell of support for none other than Melissa Peacor. S/he then said that it was from people who really had little to do with her on a daily basis. It was also from people who weren’t too fond of her, mainly because of gossip they had heard.
When someone is attacked, one of two things usually happen. That person can be seen as a scapegoat and everyone turns on them. There are classic examples of scapegoating in both the new and old testaments of the bible. There are hundreds of examples in literature. The same group mentality exists, oddly enough, down through the ages.
Scapegoating (from the verb “to scapegoat“) is the practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame as a scapegoat. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against individuals.
