If enough people misunderstand a term and misuse it for long enough, one can certainly claim that the misuse has become correct through common usage. In this case, one can only hope that enough people have still learned to understand and detect the fallacy which “begging the question” was originally meant to describe.
If enough people misunderstand a term and misuse it for long enough, one can certainly claim that the misuse has become correct through common usage. In this case, one can only hope that enough people have still learned to understand and detect the fallacy which “begging the question” was originally meant to describe.