You can't claim semantics as an escape hatch in a discussion hinging on the meaning of a word. And if one can't object to the use of word like "real" in this c

You can't claim semantics as an escape hatch in a discussion hinging on the meaning of a word. And if one can't object to the use of word like "real" in this context, then it wasn't an intelligent discussion to being with. In intelligent discussions people are more careful with words and always open to being more precise.