Assertion: scapegoat | /r/HasProperty | innocent
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: My understanding is that a scapegoat is actually innocent but has blame attached to them to distract blame from others, whereas a fall guy is a participant in the wrongdoing (is actually guilty) but is one among a number of wrongdoers, and is made to "take the fall" to protect their fellow wrongdoers.
text: Sometimes, in a Distant Finale, the scapegoat is finally cleared, if not in public, then at least in the eyes of those who cared for him or her and at least hoped, if not always believed, that this scapegoat was innocent.
text: The scapegoat is usually innocent, and they are the fall person for those who have created the error.