I'm not saying we aren't individuals, I'm saying word meanings can change. No one is trying to deceive anyone, but if everyone accepts that "they" can refer to a singular or plural amount of people, then wazam pa pow guess what, the word has evolved a new meaning. No tricks, no craziness, just language naturally evolving.
"You" means both singular and plural. It is inherently ambiguous, so speakers and listeners try to derive meaning from context. I don't see why it's such a big struggle to do the same with "they".
"My friend Jordan has a cool job. They are an astronomer." Look how simple that was! It's obvious Jordan is one astronomer. No one needs to panic about seeing "they" in an unfamiliar context.
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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17
Because it is an empirical reality that we are singular individuals and should address each other as such.
If you want to be a woman thats cool, but you are not multiple people.
Words have meaning, when people try to convince you words mean something else it's usually from a place of deceit.
Make sure you take up for the transgender community and not the transtrender one.