Hmmm. I'm sorry you took it that way. I'm starting to get the sense that perhaps you see more connotations of normativity and judgment in general, and I try to see the world through the lens of a descriptivist project by default except for those rare occasions when I'm going to take a dangerous leap into the confusing lands of normativity.

How would you... explain the fact that you didn't provide information that would resolve my confusion... and instead pointed out that the reason for your actions lies in a tradition...

I didn't know which information would resolve your confusion until after I stumbled upon it. The point about common usage merely meant to explain why I'm using the terms the way I am.