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They has been a singular pronoun for centuries. It's only nonsensical if you're a brainlet sucking on the teat of outrage media
This is only true if the referent is unknown. The new thing about singular they is that it is now being used for known referents. Which is perfectly fine of course, but not centuries old.
I'm not centuries old but I've used it to refer to individuals when I didn't know their gender, and also when it wasn't necessary to indicate gender to determine who I was talking about.
I'm almost fifty and went to private schools if it helps.
Oh sure, I use singular they a lot too. And I have no problem using it for non-binary people. I just don't like wrong information being posted online without it being disputed.