The term “Maoist” doesn’t just mean “fan of Mao” though. It’s kind of a difficult label to discuss because many groups use it in very different ways, most infamously the “Maoists” of the Shining Path, otherwise referred to as Gonzalites. I really think the most accurate thing to call them, based on the timelines involved and explicit statements like what we saw above, was that they were primarily their own adaptation/interpretation of Marxism-Leninism who were big fans of the guy they saw as the greatest global pioneer of nonwhite Marxism-Leninism, Chairman Mao (and the Cleaver text especially supports the characterization, imo). We can’t especially tie them to the Red Guards (despite common influence) or Gonzalites (thank God) or other “Maoist” movements.

I think the “Maoist” label is inaccurate, and again would repeat that Mao himself rejected such a term. It’s an ideological muddying akin to saying the BPP was Juche because they also spoke very highly of Kim Il-Sung as a foundational figure in the development of nonwhite socialism (see Cleaver). I think the resident Dune fan’s correction was fair enough and your “correction” of the OOP was not justified.