carry on by all means ,why not call a scrambled egg an omelette,why not call a cream puff a jam doughnut.,why not call an appalachian dulcimer a hammered dulcimer.,Why not call a pedant a casuist
The harmonic minor and the melodic minor exist,they are not the dorian or aeolian mode,calling things [in a minor key,just because they could be harmonised with a minor chord or a modal dyad is just a combination of laziness and ignorance]and muddies the waters.
If one consults ones dictionarie ,the dorian mode is in it , start ,these tunes[ninety per cent[of the so called minor are in the dorian mode,if not they are in the Mixolydian or Aeolian],minor key,means nothing as there are Several, harmonic melodic and[ Aeolian, natural minor],plus the Dorian mode.