OK if that's as much sense as an anti-pedant can make, I'm gonna side with the pedants.
It's even on the linked wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Modern_us...
All that post says is that it is common to use it incorrectly, which it is, but we should not encourage bad habits.
Re:iPhone X
by dragonwriter on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @10:53PM
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> All that post says is that it is common to use it incorrectly
I'm not sure if “that post” refers to the grandparent or the one linked from it, but in either case you are incorrect. There are several other things addressed beyond frequency of usage.
That's the TL;DR version, the full rant is available at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13708712