[Leaning Right]

> A Painted Post woman was arrested… <

Suppose I’m arrested for something, and I self-identify as the Emperor Napoleon. Would the news media say:

The Emperor Napoleon was arrested…

Well, they had better! Because it would not be fair otherwise.

[Robert DeLong]

I'm still trying to figure out what a painted post woman actually is, not sex wise, but just name/description wise.

What the heck does painted post woman even mean?

[Steve_Seattle]

Your Napolean comment does raise an issue: Why should tolerance of these blatantly false claims about one’s identity be limited to gender? Why can’t someone claim to be Napoleon or Jesus or the editor of the New York Times and not expect that claim to be respected? Isn’t that delusion discrimination?