>
>>But at the end of the day - if the principle is to tolerate
>>and accept a person's right to self-identify, how is it ever
>>an acceptable course of action to say "no, that's
>>impermissible, we will decide for you who you are" ?
>
>Answer: it's acceptable when we have reason to believe that
>they are lying.

that's messy. Who is the qualified arbiter equipped to determine if somebody is 'lying' about their gender/race self-identification?

>I'm not prepared to let everybody define themselves however
>they want. If Chet Haze insists that I refer to him as a
>black man....I'm not going to. I know this is a no-no in
>identity politics discourse but I don't care. I feel fine in
>not having to adhere to a strict principle of tolerance and
>respect. People lie sometimes.

This is kinda an over-reach to make a point. When has Chet Haze ever
insisted that people refer to him as a black man?


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