What is blame-shifting?  Blame-shifting is when you are clearly in the wrong and attempt to deflect the attention from yourself.  In addition in the blame-shifter’s mind the fault of whatever they have done wrong, they somehow make it your fault.

I'm asking you now reader, don't let a blame-shifter succeed.  Stick to your guns.  Don't let them redefine right from wrong.  Why does this mean something to me?  This has meant something to me for sometime now but recently blame-shifting is taking place on a large scale.

In the recent weeks around our once highly regarded United States (which I’m still somehow proud to be a part of), a rash of evil has brought blame-shifting out into the open.  I don’t think anyone has put a name on it.  From school shootings and more... The media and the culprits themselves are blame-shifting when the answer to we sane people is clear.  You don't kill innocent people, you don' rape etc... and PS did you notice school shootings are not taking place in other countries?  I bet it has a lot to do with real accountability for one.

The bottom line is for we sane people, media outlets such as Glenn Beck don’t allow blame-shifting to take place when they say see it.

I’ve lived with it for years with a wife that I may catch doing something wrong and with her hand caught in the cookie jar, she will begin to explain herself and as that explanation comes out, it evolves into somehow being my fault! 

Take for instance if your spouse cheats on you and you catch them red handed.  You would think that since they are caught in the act, they would have NO excuse.  They would come clean and then you could be on a road to accountability or healing whichever you prefer.  But with a blame-shifter, you know damn well that person will take that instance to make their infidelity YOUR fault!   What do you think they are telling the person they are cheating with?  Yes... you guessed it.  You are to blame.  Now for all you guys that are not taking care of your wife... don't kid me or yourself.   But honestly... these type women don't cheat.  They just divorce you.  I find the women that cheat are just as cowardly as the men that cheat.  They make excuses and they make someone else to blame.

*I’m fortunate not to have had this happen to me, at least not that I know of. :)  But I have found my spouse to be a blame-shifter on many other occasions. 

What is important to see here is that in this world now, no one is accountable for their actions.  But for me, I see things clearly.  If you shoot someone, it is your fault, and you are accountable.  If you rape a child, you are accountable.  So if you are like me, when you see a guy or woman or whomever on TV saying the reason they committed a horrible crime is because of some other person molesting them when they were 10 years old, I don’t buy it.  We all grow up and know our demons. 

Blame-shifters have no character.  They know their demons but don’t do anything to fix their own problems.

I’m not saying that only murderers and rapist are blame-shifters.  Most blame-shifters are at base level like you and me.

I’m not fooled, I hope you are not either.  I only wish I could communicate back to a TV and let them know I’m not fooled and please STOP insulting my intelligence.

For you at home, don’t let someone in your life get away with it either.  Do what I do.  Tell them, “You are blame-shifting and I’m not buying it.”  Stick to your guns and know right from wrong can’t be clouded with you.

*Since publishing this article, I've learned and confirmed with multiple sources I was the victim of infidelity.  One source was in fact a person having the affair.  Just goes to show how right an article like this was and is.