This entire line of argument over whether we are in a technical recession is pointless and dumb. We are in a uniquely weird economic situation that is clearly bad but less bad than a typical recession, and it would be improved if inflation fell.
For most people growth means that the economy is getting better and recession means that the economy is getting worse.
Maybe you are right and the word recession has become too politicized to use to describe the different scenarios.
That said, if you were in a plane losing altitude and other people thought it was in fact gaining altitude, this would be a cause for debate
That's a fine shorthand, but the reason the standard data and interpretation of it matters is that otherwise all you have is what people feel about the economy, which is not very useful information.