Why do you think people sometimes blame others for their problems? Why does fear cause people to jump to conclusion?

It's because they don't want to blame themselves whatever it may be. 99% of people blame others than ownself no matter wherever they are wrong or not? Because they don't want to feel inferior and they don't want want ownself to prove weak.

It's easy avoiding responsibility for our behavior. A way out is to look for a scapegoat, which is a person who is blamed for the mistakes or wrongdoings of another. It's easier to pretend a problem was caused by someone else. Some people can't look in the mirror. In a conversation with my friend Mike, he revealed that he didn't like Black people. I asked him why? His response was: "They sold me drugs". But I disagreed with him. The Black drug dealers were not responsible for his decision to go out and buy those drugs. This was my friend's way to avoid looking at himself in the mirror. It was easier for him to lie to himself and convince himself that his actions were caused by someone else. Admitting it was his own fault would have been too hard for Mike to do. So, the drug dealers were an excuse.