Actually, the author is doing something very close to that.They have redefined a reasonably well-defined term in a disingenuous way and then taken that as a giv

Actually, the author is doing something very close to that.They have redefined a reasonably well-defined term in a disingenuous way and then taken that as a given for the rest of the article. You can see several people point this out. This very thing - redefining terms to fit an agenda or argument - is often used in political arguments. It's destructive.