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Well, not always: Plural 'they' is a borrowing from Old Norse ca. 1200 AD, and the earliest attestation of singular 'they' is about a century later.
But, yeah, you'd think 700 years of continuous use would be enough to make it uncontroversial...
They will come with any bullshit argument to try and defend their anti-human opinions.