This is a very simple obfuscation using redefined terms in order to fool people who are pathologically credulous. It’s very similar to when democrats claim to be defending “our democracy”. What they really mean is “their tyranny”, but you can’t admit to such a thing. Another good example is the CDC referring to experimental gene therapeutics as “vaccines”. When Ron Howard says “the fans”, he means “the new fans to whom we pandered while preexisting fans were ignored and insulted”. Everything becomes crystal clear when you correctly define terms.