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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Her having adopted black kids makes it much less likely

But that's exactly the point: It doesn't. There are at least three very plausible explanations for adopting black children despite being racist:

• The person is in a job where public appearance matters, and wants to be able to use their adopted children as an easy escape from accusations of racism
• The person considers black would-be-parents to be inferior and unworthy of parenthood, so they preferentially snatch up black adoptees (recognizing that intra-racial adoptions are generally people's preference) with the intent of saving them from being raised into drug dealers and welfare queens
• The least malicious: Black kids were the only ones available, and they're not so racist as to turn down their only chance

Are those guaranteed? Of course not. But the ease of coming up with those explanations demonstrates why the race of her adopted children should be considered irrelevant to assessing how racist her behaviour is. It's basically "I have black friends," only with the added cuteness factor of children.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

So you have nothing but you still want to talk s***.

adjl posted...

Personally, I don't care enough to look for details, I'm just sniping the low-hanging fruit that is TC's fallacious logic.

You shouldn't deliberately cut segments out of posts you quote that directly address your attempted rebuttal. It just wastes everyone's time.

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