Great confusion today stems from our failure to distinguish between being and becoming language, especially when signifying our identity. Our being or nature is what we are given (by God), whereas our becoming is what we become by our choices. The problem is we use “I am” language for both. For example, not only do we say “I am a person” or “I am a man,” but also “I am a guitarist” or “I am a banker.” There is no distinction between what is permanent in our identity and what is changeable by our choices.

The Left has taken great advantage of this, especially in its agenda to codify unnatural behavior as one’s identity. In other words, they say someone “is” gay rather than “has” same-sex attraction. Someone “is” transgendered rather than “has” gender confusion.

I propose we keep “I am” language for aspects of our unchangeable nature, but replace it with “I have” or “I do” language for everything we become by our choices. For example, “I practice medicine” rather than “I am a doctor;” or “I play piano” instead of “I am a pianist,” etc. We should even say I “have” illness or I “feel” sick rather than I “am” sick; as well as ‘I have thirst’ or feel thirsty rather than ‘I am thirsty.’

This linguistic loophole must be closed before the progressive Left stops taking advantage of the ambiguity to transform our society into a culture of insanity.