You're saying talking about politics is somehow different than talking about issues. Your "usage" creates this magical escape route where you somehow consider it apolitical (or more acceptable) to comment on political discourse itself. I disagree.

Talking about issues is inherently a conversation about politics itself, insofar as the power dynamics involved in making decisions don't magically disappear when we don our academic or self-referential hats. And talking about politics inherently touches the base issues that underpin the discussion, otherwise there is no objective way to judge right and wrong, strong and weak.

All politics satisfies both conditions. All politics is about issues, and all politics is meta.

In other words, your "usage" is not really meaningful.