Any idea on how to deal with a family member on the extreme left? I have someone who interprets almost every statement someone makes as racist/sexist/ageist/classist/etc. I'm not talking about the stupid shit your old uncle says. It's more like I'm surprised I can even say "hi" to them without it being labeled as something bad. They are so far left it makes me feel like a conservative, ffs.
@Reciprocity -Ask them what their own biases are to gauge their self awareness and have them work on that. Introduce them to horseshoe theory and how their intolerance reads the same projection of the far right. Then let them know that most far left extremism historically aided fascism as much as the far right and centers their own privilege. Let them chew on that. Also telling them that it's okay to just shut the fuck up may accentuate the point!
@MBriatack1 lol excellent points. This is someone who has never done anything wrong in her life and everything is everyone else's fault. She'll insist she's the only human being without any unconscious biases. I think telling her to shut the fuck up is the best, most satisfying option.