This seems similar to people attempting to interpret original intent in constitutional law and on their best guess at the minds of those long dead. Why be so o

This seems similar to people attempting to interpret original intent in constitutional law and on their best guess at the minds of those long dead. Why be so obsessed with what things meant originally? Why not let things exist without patterning them to the past in grotesque ways that no one is doing? Language evolves, it isn't restricted to its roots. Who, other than the obsessed, are being harmed by people using this language? Why do you care so much? What is the goal of the crusade to align historical interpretation with present usage? Is it because it is easy to win battles against ghosts?