I’m not a political guy at all, need some help

Kevo4

Kevo4

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At work, I’ve started chatting to a bloke who I have never previously bothered with, turns outs he’s a bit political, and me not really being that way inclined at all, I nod and generally agree with him, as I’m polite and not particularly interested in politics. However it now seems like my politeness and general friendliness seems to have been mistaken as me wanting to know more about his political leanings and I feel like I’m almost like his project that he’s trying to recruit.
He identifies as a ‘socialist’, and he’s started bringing me in small papers by the same name. What alarmed me to seek a bit of advice on here, is during our last chat he said something along the lines of “just so you know, to be seen to be interacting with me and what I stand for, your in the eyes of some people dealing with a terrorist”.

now you can call me green or whatever, but is this guy messing with me or is he a total fruitcake?

help a guy out!?
 
Are the papers just called Socialist? if so and the stuff in them is not that inflammatory, Just do what I do....

nod, smile then take it way to wipe your bum with it later.

If his views are stronger... and the papers reflect that too then you need to inform your line manager and keep your distance as he wont be working there much longer.
 
He seems like a very opinionated geezer which is fine, but some of what comes out of his mouth as just bonkers, seems like a scare mongerer a bit.

like I say, I’m not into politics and I just wanna make light hearted polite chat at work, not into this heavy kind of stuff at all, wondered if anybody knew anything about what a socialist is and what the socialist party is all about, explained in dummy terms if possible!
 
London_Boro said:
Just tell him you're happy to chat to him, but you don't want to talk about politics.
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I do try and drive the chat onto other things, but it always boomerangs back. I might have to be a bit of an arze and tell him to back off, I can’t be associated with that kind of nutter
 
Kevo4 said:
I do try and drive the chat onto other things, but it always boomerangs back. I might have to be a bit of an arze and tell him to back off, I can’t be associated with that kind of nutter
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next time, say ‘Jesus was a socialist’ and then pretend to have a religious bent and always counter his attempts to recruit you with your attempts to recruit him. Then take him to a spiritualist church and a psychic.
 
Simply you need to be a bit more assertive with this fella. Being too polite has basically meant he thinks he can impose his views on you. Time for a firm not interested thank you.
Shame but I have little time for people who are so insensitive to others and have no social awareness
 
Next time he gives you the newspaper give him a dead mouse wrapped in tin foil, I would suggest having the mouse already killed, wrapped and ready to go, if he says anything just wink knowingly and whisper enigmatically ‘what goes around comes around’ then laugh hysterically.

If this doesn’t cause him to back off then leave jobs, with your new mouse killing skills a role in pest control should be well within your compass.
 
They used to be called "Militant Tendency" - they had a paper "Militant". Active in the Labour Party in the 70s and 80s.
Nothing secretive about them.
There`s is a programme not much more radical than the Labour Manifesto of 1945.
They have a much broader understanding and perspective of internationalism and believe in supporting and building from the ground upwards, unlike the Labour Party.
 
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