From the ever odious Rox Populi:
I admit I have a sick mind. But [The Boys From Brazil] was the first thing I thought of when I read this a few minutes ago. While I very much doubt either one of the Stepford’s [SCOTUS nominee John Roberts and his family] would run a stop sign let alone skirt adoption laws, one has to wonder why they would go to so much trouble to adopt such lily white kids when there are a multitude of children of color all over the US who need good parents.
What is so remarkably offensive about this post—besides its glancing references to Hitler clones and a persistent anti-semitic agenda that survived the crush of Patton’s boot—is that had the Roberts couple adopted, say, Black children, the race pimps in the identity politics movement would be attacking them for taking Black children away from Black parents and robbing the children of their “heritage”, and ill-preparing them for the “Black experience.”
But then, that’s part of the fun, isn’t it?—painting decent adoptive parents who happen to be conservative into the racist box, no matter which brush you need to use to accomplish it. After all, the ends justify the means, and if a few good people get hurt in the crossfire, so be it. It’s the price we have to pay for protecting privacy.
Maybe the chemicals that regulate shame are adversely affected by an inordinate amount of Starbuck’s Caramel Macchiato.
It all starts with ‘I hate Republicans and everything they stand for’.
Wait a minute – those papers are closed documents. These people are just getting high on their own fear and hate, and projecting all kinds of nastiness on an issue no one knows anything about. This is exactly why adoption papers are sealed documents, becuase literally picking a child or having one picked for you goes far beyond what anyone who hasn’t had to do it can understand. This whole thing is very frustrating and disgusting.
It’s not a freeking tall. It’s a small! You used to call it short, but noooOoo your evil corporate ways were swayed by Rove to rename these beverage containers to “tall”!
…and going after a judicial nominee because of how/why/which type, of his kids ADOPTION is officially going over the line.
I’m not so sure. This is my favorite drink at that establishment and I still wear pants whenever I go out.
I’m convinced that our culture went further off the rails when marketing pursued the admittedly logical progression of following coffee-flavored candy with candy-flavored coffee.
The Left has evidently decided what brush whith which to paint Roberts: the racist, sexist brush. They are constructing a narrative that declares him an extremist who wants to “turn back the clock” on civil rights and a woman’s right to choose.
Nothing will stand in their way, facts nor decency.
It’s the soy milk that kills the conscience, Balebos-man.
At least she got rid of the scary-looking lady with the thousand yard stare that used to be at the top of her blog.
Other than that, pretty f’n lame.
Jeff, you said it. Those were exactly my thoughts – no matter what the Roberts did, what children they adopted, they’d be tarred, either as racists for not wanting children of color or for adopting such children and “robbing them of their heritage.”
The libs want it both ways. All the time. Triangulation is the name of the game.
Not only “robbing them of their heritage”, but the kids would be derided as “tokens”, and I’d expect a few lefty commenters to spew something along the lines of, “well, the Rethugs can’t own slaves anymore, so now they just adopt them”.
It’s funny – because I’ve never heard liberals complain about Rosie O’Donnell’s children – which look pretty lilly white to me.
Isn’t everyone saying Roberts’ eventual confirmatition is virtually guaranteed? If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be safe to ignore this particular instance of lefty blather? I’m not suggesting anyone else do so, after all fun is fun, I’m just wondering if I can sit this one out if I so choose. I’m assuming I can.
Like Clarence Thomas, even if he’s confirmed, they want to make sure he’s tainted in the process.
This is a guy widely respected and well-liked by both Dems and Repubs inside the beltway. But that won’t stop some people from flinging shit at him and hoping the stink sticks.
It’s repulsive.
You can ignore it. Me, I’ve reached the point of complete disgust with the level of discourse in this country. I mean, Christ—I just spent an hour pointing out how I wasn’t a racist to a couple of lefties who don’t know me from Adam, but who had no problem implying that I’m a slave to my latent racism.
I agree, Jeff, regarding the level of discourse. Which is why I’d prefer not to wade in unless it is important. While the ongoing smears on Thomas’ character must be personally unpleasant for him, nothing his critics say will prevent him from doing good work. Maybe we shouldn’t rest until Roberts joins him, but as I said, if it is basically a done deal, I’d prefer to take up the battle elsewhere.
As decent people have reacted with justified outrage at the NYTimes “investigation” of the Roberts’ children, I’ve been noticing a trend in the indecent Left.
They are actually trying to defend destroying the Roberts’ kids because..well you know… *IF* there is a scandal vis a vis “illegal adoption”..wouldn’t you want to KNOW? Wouldn’t THAT disqualify Roberts? And they DID adopt from outside the US where HEAVENS knows what qualifies as “adoption” and where did they get the “aryan” kids in LATIN America, eh?
The indecent Left is now trying the “have you stopped beating your wife?” approach. There is no hint, nada, nothing that the Roberts’ adoptiong is any different than the thousands of adoptions done every week… YET the mere ABSENCE of any scandal must mean one is there. After all, Judge Roberts is a religious, conservative WHITE MALE. He is guily right from the get-go and he has to PROVE his innocence.
Wait for it… the indecent will be demanding that Roberts unseal the adoption records himself.
It’s a dry run. They’re ginning up for the next round, which will be epic.
Rox is apparently unfamiliar with the position many of his colleagues take, that cross-racial adoption is to be avoided at almost any cost. (Of course I disagree.)
For example: Natl Assoc. of Black Social Workers
“The initial policy statement on preserving families of African ancestry was approved at the National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) Fourth Annual Conference in 1972. Known for this statement for over three decades, the emphasis has not wavered. Many thought that the organization’s position focused exclusively on transracial adoption. Yet, this was one component of the position statement, which instead emphasized the importance of and barriers to preserving families of African ancestry.
In 1994, a more expansive document, Preserving African American families, reinforced the 1972 position statement by stressing the following:
(1) “stopping unnecessary out-of-home placements;
(2) reunification of children with parents;
(3) placing children of African ancestry with relatives or unrelated families of the same face and culture for
adoption;.
(4) addressing the barriers that prevent or discourage persons of African ancestry from adopting;
(5) promoting culturally relevant agency practices; and,
(6) emphasizing that “transracial adoption of an African American child should only be considered after documented evidence of unsuccessful same race placements has been reviewed and supported by appropriate representatives of the African American community” (NABSW, 1994, p. 4).”
I started at Rox and briefly ran though links places like Asstrios and then “is that legal?” blog
The comments can make one sick. You’d think that the Roberts’ dressed in blackcapes and twirling Simon Legree mustaches had swooped down upon some poor unsuspecting/desparate women and stolen their blonde babies, while cackling maniacally and bribing officials from here to Ireland.
I even read a commenter who sneered at adoption in the first place and said since the Roberts had used a “child broker” he SHOULD be questioned on his adoption..and maybe, too, thats why Mrs. Roberts is so “anti-abortion” cause she wants more blue-eyed blonde kids to adopt.
ARGH!!
NABSW would rather have a child stay in foster care/group homes for all their lives than be adopted into a family. I can’t stand those people.
I am curious if any politicos made any inquiries as to the parentage of the Roberts kids themselves. Or, contacted the NYT as to the sealed adoptions. Wouldn’t that be great to break at the confirmation hearings? lol!
Thanks for the link, slickdpdx. I added it to the original post.
I also blame NABSW for the child sex abuse satanic b.s. that was so wide spread in the 1980s.
One might want to ask her WHY there are multitudes of black children in need of adoption. Why aren’t the black families adopting them?
It seems that trackbacks are broken, so here is my post URL
http://thesins.blogspot.com/2005/08/anger-driven-to-profane.html
I’ve noticed more and more, just in the past few days, how pathetic the level of discourse has become from the left. Rox is usually a pretty good read, but Christ…
I’m not sure where I stand on Roberts yet. I won’t judge him one way or the other until he’s confirmed and starts to make rulings. But based on the level of bile he incites on the far left, I’m liking him more and more already.
Thus far, Judge Roberts seems to be making all the right enemies.
The level of discourse spewing from the left is indicative of the fact that they have nothing of substance to say.
The fact that the NYT and others are leaving no stone unturned, no matter how reprehensible demonstrates that they can find nothing to tar this man with. So they go after his family, his dress, they allude to his sexuality. It’s pathetic and beneath contempt.
However, Robert’s nomination to the Supreme Court is not a ‘done deal’ and will not be until he’s appointed. That’s why it’s important to counter this tripe at every turn. Do not let the lies go unchallenged or they eventually turn into the story.
And let’s not sink to their level, lest we become the very things we despise. Remember, we actually have ideas. Most of the left in this country have only their sputtering impotent rage and hatred remaining.