ED WHELAN: Transgender [sic] Grammar. “As an example of the absurdities that this politically correct usage can lead to, consider this sentence from a recent New Republic article: ‘She has also tried to castrate herself by tying off her testicles.'”
On Twitter, someone who thinks I’m “confused” to maintain that male pronouns should be used for a man who imagines that he’s a woman asserts: “The rule is simple: Refer to transgendered [sic] persons in the terms they’d prefer.”
My Twitter reply: Sure. And if someone thinks he’s Napoleon, we must refer to him as His Imperial Majesty. A rule that embraces a delusion is deluded.