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Originally Posted by Rikae
Nerwen suspected Mac, of course, before I defended him - in fact, it was primarily her baseless accusations I defended him against. But now, Mac was lynched because of me... that's some nice revisionist history there!
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When did I say that was the
only reason I suspected
Mac?
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Originally Posted by Rikae
What's a "stalking horse" anyway? I've already pointed out enough times why the points against Mac were weak. No point in arguing with someone who twists the words of everyone (how many times have we already seen this from Nerwen? She was doing it to Mac on day one.)I'll just point out to the innocent villagers the way Nerwen implies I defended Mac more strongly out of fear defending him would get me lynched!
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By that time you couldn't back down without looking worse– also it was better for you to shift the attention back to
Macalaure, rather than yourself. I could be wrong, but that's how it looks to me.
From the O.E.D:
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stalking- horse n. 1. a horse or screen behind which a hunter is concealed. 2. a pretext concealing one's real actions or intentions.
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