Monday 13 February 2017

Self-identification II

Further to this post about the goose who thought he was a duck, or rather, an actual duck, since that was what he believed. (Or was he a gander who thought he was a drake?)
... He thought he was a duck. So why does the BBC report persist in calling him a goose? Is that any way to honour his memory?...
Now we have a new case of people (some of whom should surely know better on account of their chosen identities) refusing to respect a man's self-identification:

If that's how he self-identifies, we must respect it, and to refuse to is surely bigotry.

2 comments:

  1. Y' dear, diminutive, Pommy Girlie.

    You're still the one who makes the tea, serves the biscuits, hears everything, compares it in her soul, and quietly offers wise words.

    I wonder if grief and happiness are not somehow congruent.

    Kind regards to y' dear thing,
    Odd

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