THEY?!?

this post is about the violence being done to the English language by SOMEBODY. (I don't think I've commented on this yet.) the word "they" already had a solid specific meaning. it meant PLURAL other, third person plural. please, people, it doesn't make sense to use a word that has a specific, established meaning attaching a different meaning to it. i have read many articles in the newspaper and other public forums where the use of "they" to mean a person who wants to be called "they" had really confused the facts of the article. In newspapers especially, conveying facts is the primary job of the organization (supposedly). that makes this additional confusion caused by this kidnapping of this word so ironic.