[Thanks to Susan for the nooze tip]
Where does fruitlessly fooling around end and genuine mental illness begin?
I think the likelihood is very high that this person does not, in fact, sincerely “identify as a turtle.” I think it’s doing something asinine because she’s convinced no one will stop her, no one will rein her in, and she can insult the whole state of Oregon with impunity. If she sincerely believed she was a turtle, she wouldn’t be wearing human clothes, would she?
And she has a quasi-governmental post! Governed by nincompoops. Way to go, Oregon. We thought we were badly off in New Jersey, but we don’t hold a candle to the sorry spectacle that your state has consented to become.