The attempts to erase the colloquial meaning of "fish" are most likely motivated by the goal of protecting whales and dolphins from people, by trying to create

The attempts to erase the colloquial meaning of "fish" are most likely motivated by the goal of protecting whales and dolphins from people, by trying to create a linguistic divide between cetaceans and the sort of fish that most of the world casually eats. That's why, more than any other colloquial use of the word fish, calling a whale a fish seems to get people riled up the most. While the cause is noble, the means by which they're going about it is wrong. It's cultural and linguistic vandalism. Quintessential wokism.