Scapegoating is a hostile social and psychological method to shame a particular group because they want to shift the blame and responsibility away from themselves and refocus it towards a target person or group. In this way, they hope to project angry feelings and feelings of hostility, via inappropriate accusation, towards others.
So why are they doing this? They wrongly target and persecute the target group who receive misplaced vilification, blame and criticism. What will happen is that this group will suffer rejection from the same group that the perpetrator seeks to influence.
In the end - the animosity between the migrant workers and those who assimilated into Malaysian society eons ago will increase, much to the delight of the scapegoaters who need the migrant workers for their hidden agenda!
Scapegoating has a wide range of objectives that can be targeted at individuals or groups but one thing is for sure - distortion of reality/fact is always a feature.
As netizens, what can we do? We need to develop an understanding of current affairs, not just on the surface, but at a much deeper level as well. We have to always question and see beyond what they are trying to tell us....
I believe what actually happens is that the guilty ones use scapegoating to transfer feelings of guilt, aggression, blame and suffering from themselves because of their own shame and guilt for not doing the right thing (because they may not be capable of it or because they just don't care. In this way, they try to cope with their feelings of guilt and displaces the citizens' attention on the inefficiency of those concerned to combat the problem via projective identification. In short, scapegoaters are insecure people driven to raise their own status by lowering the status of their target. This can only happen if their audience is foolish enough to accept their fallacious claims!
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For examples of scapegoating in Malaysia, check THIS ARTICLE.
If you have the time, please read:
a) Psychodynamics of Scapegoating, Persecution, Bullying - in particular page 2 and 3
b) Eric Brahm's SCAPEGOATING
Why am I blogging about this? Hitler practised scapegoating and now, we see it happening in our own backyard. Could it be for the same reason? Say 'NO' to scapegoating and a resounding 'YES' to justice, integrity and truth!
Excerpt from Wikianswers:
Many Germans blamed the Jews for Germany's defeat in World War I, some even claiming that German Jews had betrayed the nation during the war. In addition, at the end of the war a Communist group attempted to carry out a Bolshevik-type revolution in the German state of Bavaria. Most of the leaders of that failed attempt were Jews. As a result, some Germans associated Jews with Bolsheviks and regarded both groups as dangerous enemies of Germany. After the war, a republic known as the Weimar Republic was set up in Germany. Jewish politicians and intellectuals played an important role in German life during the Weimar Republic, and many non-Jews resented their influence.
On the basis of his anti-Semitic views, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler attacked the impressive role Jews played in German society during the Weimar Republic, especially in the intellectual world and in left-wing politics. He referred to them as a plague and a cancer. In his book Mein Kampf (My Struggle, translated 1939), which was published in 1926, Hitler blamed the plight of Germany at the end of World War I on an international Jewish conspiracy and used terms such as extirpation and extermination in relation to the Jews. He claimed that the Jews had achieved economic dominance and the ability to control and manipulate the mass media to their own advantage. He wrote of the need to eradicate their powerful economic position, if necessary by means of their physical removal.
Take care and be on the lookout for such lies that are sprouting like mushrooms. In a world where reality is being distorted, may the Almighty give us wisdom and discernment. Have a great day.
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