The placater is also one way of displacing blame, but they do it more diplomatically. The placater is much more concerned about how people view them, so much of their behavior is an escape from conflict or unwanted attention or blame. A blamer will fight fire with fire, but a placater blows the fire onto someone else’s house and shares their neighbor’s upset over the fire department’s being slow to arrive. Their body language tends to be palms facing up and shoulders shrugging. They may also tend to slouch. Placaters hide their approach with meta-model violations such as cause and effect, modal operators, and unspecified verbs. They may get your sympathy with a poor-me attitude. When there is conflict, they go into hiding, at least by becoming noncommittal. Placaters may be found firmly sitting on the fence.