That’s like saying it’s treacherous to lock a door. After all, you might lose the key! I label myself in many ways. These labels are heuristics that define me

That’s like saying it’s treacherous to lock a door. After all, you might lose the key! I label myself in many ways. These labels are heuristics that define me to myself as well as others. These labels simplify the management of my life in a way similar to choosing a particular type of computer or a particular email client does. I am free to change my labels, but there is a cost to that. There is also a cost to avoiding labels. I wouldn’t say it is a treacherous matter at all. It’s a matter of personal economy and finding a comfortable way to relate to the world. I have sometimes used your heuristic of labeling behavior rather than identity. That can be useful, too. But however you try to do that, an implication hangs in the air: “You are obviously the kind of person who does things like that.”