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lol.
You have done nothing of the sort.
You're entitled to be wrong & deny reality. Everyone is entitled dismiss your position.
Well, your argument at the moment seems to be purely based on your opinion on on the fact that someone people do use the term in a derogatory sense, but this absolutely doesn't translate to "it is generally used" as such.
The argument of the other person seems to be grounded on the empirically easily verifiable point that you can find plenty of non derogatory uses of the word in mainstream media, which is a solid argument against the word being "generally used" in a derogatory way.
In fact, I believe your argument really is "incels and others in the manosphere use this word as a derogatory term, and using this word can associate the user with them, hence I don't use it and I don't recommend to use it". Which is a perfectly fine position, which I personally disagree with, but that doesn't rely on a distortion of reality and is a consequence of a personal political choice (that I respect fully).