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Ignored all the points I made and answered none of my questions... nice!
And your argument is even better than what I thought. If I'm old, I'm some useless, brainwashed boomer. If I'm young, I'm some useless, brainwashed... something? Basically, if I disagree with you, I'm brainwashed. Very nice turtle shell you've built for yourself there. Makes it real easy to win arguments when you don't have to participate and can just deflect.
And don't pretend people don't understand the singular they. You can disagree with it all you want on principal, but it's deluded to claim no one understands it. Whether you like it or not, it has become an accepted singular pronoun that almost everybody understands. Even you knew what the guy was saying when you made your first comment.
So for the millionth time, if you hate it so much, propose an alternative singular pronoun for an unidentified person. What am I supposed to say when I want accuracy? Speech is meant to convey meaning as accurately as possible. If it doesn't currently and never has in this area, make it.
The fact of the matter, is that you're simply falling into an extreme reaction to an extreme situation. Feminist and tranny types try and commandeer the English language, and you react by throwing out anything they corrupt. This is useless and achieves nothing. Instead, don't let them or create a proper alternative, instead of stamping your feet and screaming from your little corner to a bunch of people who don't give a shit about your complaints unless you have solutions that fix the actual issue. That being an accurate way word to use in the context.
And that you don't care about accuracy is apparent. You'd rather make one assumption you don't mind, so you don't have to make a different supposed assumption that you dislike. Either way it's inaccurate and at that point I don't really care about what you think on the subject. Neither does anyone who uses the word for accuracy’s sake. If you actually want to convince anyone who uses the word in this way, you'll need to bring more to the table than tenuous accusations of people being feminist enablers and brainwashed. That might make you feel good about yourself, but it doesn't help or fix anything.
Also, here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they
The article is cringe tranny shit after about the second paragraph, but it's complete with dates and an example of the use of the singular 'they' long before the feminist cringe you keep crying about. That isn't the only example. Its claims are rigid and easily refutable if you have actual evidence of your claim that it's a new aspect of language. I will admit I couldn't really find it in any old dictionaries, but the examples of the word being used this way go back to Shakespeare. I have a feeling he has a better grasp over the English language than both you and I combined.
(If you read nothing else I've written, read this) http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002748.html
Earlier you wrote, “no one assumes you mean more than one person.” I replied that this is wrong. It’s wrong because when ‘they’ is the first mention of the noun, people will believe it refers to a group. On the other hand, if ‘they’ calls back to an aforementioned noun, then people can figure out the intended meaning from context.
You went from one extreme to another. You started with claiming that “no one” thinks that ‘they’ refers to a group, then you falsely accused me of claiming instead that no one ever understands that ‘they’ might be intended to be singular. You said, “it's deluded to claim no one understands it. ” I didn’t claim that. I claim that people can figure it out from context, when available.
“Even you knew what the guy was saying when you made your first comment.“ The meme started with the dweeb saying “My co-worker” singular, so the context was available to figure out the intended meaning of a subsequent pronoun. If the meme didn’t include the dweeb’s opening statement, and instead started with the chad asking, “Were they vaxxed?”, then the proper interpretation would’ve been that the chad was talking about a group of people.
When talking about old books, I wasn’t asking for examples of usage, I was asking for the old guidelines about usage. Anyone can make mistakes. I’ve accidentally misused the pronoun ‘they’ also. You might be able to find an example in my GAW comments. I’m trying to reduce those types of mistakes, because I don’t like the commies thinking they’ve conquered me. So you found some old examples of mistakes. Big whoop. Now find where the old experts gave earnest advice to others to misuse ‘they’.
Use ‘he’.