Is there a word for someone who inadvertently makes your point for you?

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For example: If a person tells another person, "You're racist" and the other person responds, "No, I'm not racist. But I just don't like to see Black and White people dating because it's not right", then the other person responds back, "Thanks for making my point."

Richard Kayser · Answer

How about self-defeating? From Lexico:

self-defeating: (of an action) preventing rather than achieving a desired result; futile.

The person in your example is making a self-defeating argument, thereby inadvertently making your point for you.

Is there a word for someone who inadvertently makes your point for you?

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