Then don't use a word if you don't know what it means.
I was responding to your saying this: a bunch of Pollyannas who want to scapegoat this poor kid.
"scapegoat" is defined as "someone punished for the errors of others. A whipping boy."
I.e., this word is saying (and you are thus saying) that the ones truly responsible for the crime are not getting the blame, and someone (MM) who is not responsible is.
Reg post #2,775 - That’s the impression I got from his post too. I hope that it was just a wrong choice of wording, and not what he really meant.