Haraka,
FWIW I totally understand and agree with your point. The trouble is we've been trying for so long to explain this, and with so little apparent success, that the time has come to accept defeat. Others were taking control of the debate while we talked technicalities; I agree that it's suboptimal that we are forced to use our opponents' language but it is still a debate we can win. Embracing the word 'drone' and turning it into a word that is understood in a way that suits us is a perfectly valid approach.