Scapegoats

"Scapegoats," Ali Moussa, a leading businessman in Egypt and former chairman of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, said of the ministers though not Mr. Ezz.

NYT > Global Home By ANTHONY SHADID 2011

Here we see the troll partake of good old #3 on the list of fourteen defining characteristics of fascism, “Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause”.

Think Progress » Donald Trump: Take Al Gore’s Nobel Prize away because of ‘coldest winter ever recorded.’ 2010

Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause – The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

Think Progress » New Study Estimates Mass Deportation Of Undocumented Immigrants Would Cost $285 Billion 2010

Here we see a fascist wingnut displaying good old #3, “Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause”.

Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 18, 2010 2010

Good ol #3 again, Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause.

Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 16, 2010 2010

Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause – The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

Think Progress » Gingrich Says Democrats ‘Have To Take Some Moral Responsibility’ For Far-Right Death Threats 2010

The writer John O'Farrell entitled one of his books I Blame the Scapegoats; entitled it wittily, yes, but I wonder if he knew how presciently.

The Big Personality Test: A Child of Our Time Special; Genius of Britain; The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister; Britain's Got Talent; BBC News 2010

Scapegoats to all aborted dreams and missteps miscarried;

Histrionics of Men 2010

* Scapegoats for a bad economy: The anti-mosque fervor and the talk about changing the 14th amendment are both part of a larger rise in xenophobia similar to previous spikes in "illiberal populist nationalism" during periods of economic stagnation.

The Morning Plum 2010

Scapegoats also appear when ideologues don't want to acknowledge that their own leaders have feet of clay.

Sara Robinson: Obama Blows Up the Gulf: An Inquiry Into Conspiracy Theories, Part I 2010