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I think it’s alluding to “they” being non binary/woke to refer to a single person

Using "they" to denote genderless singular has been common in English for more than a century.

The singular "they" is in fact about as old as the singular "you" (which was also strictly a plural before then).

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing, just answering the question as I saw it :)