That was silly.
Baptized members of the Catholic church, who know themselves as, and call themselves Catholic, are Catholics.
Such a simplistic analysis of the situation is hardly worth even a reply. Anyone with half a brain knows that just because someone calls themselves “Catholic” and/or was just Baptised in the Church does not automatically make such a person a Catholic. Not one in good standing at any rate. Not a genuine representitive of the Faith.
There is nothing more that needs to be said there; I will trust in the good judgement of any lurker to see that what I say is correct and what you say is incorrect simplistic nonsense.