Seems like one of the typical arguments of the form "change the denotation, but retain the connotation." I had an on-line discussion with a pro-abortion person

Seems like one of the typical arguments of the form "change the denotation, but retain the connotation." I had an on-line discussion with a pro-abortion person a few months ago, in which the central point turned into a debate over the meaning of "parasite." The other person's claim was that a fetus/ unborn baby was a parasite, by (her) definition. My reply was that defining a connotation-laden term like "parasite" so as to include fetuses was evading the real question. And in this example, it's defining a term that more or less all of us agree is fakery ("magic") to include belief in a higher power. (And without any reference to Clarke's third law.) So yes, flame bait.