I like capturing this topic by making a distinction between nouns vs adjectives. E.g. if someone is, say, "I am Polish" (or: "capitalist", "feminist", "Catholi

I like capturing this topic by making a distinction between nouns vs adjectives. E.g. if someone is, say, "I am Polish" (or: "capitalist", "feminist", "Catholic", "socialist", "atheist", "gay" etc) and treats it an adjective describing their beliefs, tastes, etc it is up to an exploration and discussions (when evolution is accepted and does no harm to one's self-esteem). If someone else uses it to declare their identity, it makes it easy to make an entrenched view, with "us vs them", and in which change endangers one position (or, well, identity).