How open are you about being a communist?

[Halert]

In real life how open are you about being a communist? Do you let everyone around you know that you are communist? or only the people you trust or maybe you keep it to yourself? if you are not a communist you don't have to answer the question.

I only let people i trust know like friends or family or if i know that they are comrades. I will talk about politics with other people but if they ask where i'm in the political spectrum i'll just say socialist, it's not false and it's not as loaded as communist.

[The Feral Underclass]

Everyone who knows me, knows that I am a communist.

[Sinister Intents]

I let people know, I'm very open about my beliefs in life. At the college I go to every knows I'm an anarchist communist, and I've experienced no negativity towards it. Everyone at JBC is very accepting it seems.:)

[Comrade Samuel]

Just about everybody who knows me understands that I am a communist. This is only because when I was younger I never knew when to shut the hell up about it but fortunately as the years have passed I figured out there's a time and place for everything.

[Crabbensmasher]

Haha, my family doesn't know, but most of my friends do. My family actually thinks I'm conservative or something. I used to play along with it as a joke for a few years, but I think they still believe it. We had discussions about lowering taxes, welfare reform, corporate subsidies, etc. I had to stop because I felt kind of shitty about it, as fun as it is to play devil's advocate. If you take politics seriously enough, you realize you can't really go around doing that sort of thing.

Anyway, although I stopped that, I still don't think I'll tell them my actual political beliefs. Not much to be gained from it imo. Besides, I'm just a private person around my family.

Apart from that, I'm pretty open about it. My friends know, and I'd speak out about it if the chance came up.

[Landsharks eat metal]

My family knows because I suck at hiding things, and I get a lot of shit from them all the time. When I was at a liberal arts college for a semester, I was more open with my beliefs, and the worst I encountered was a bunch of people who insisted that anarchism and communism are complete opposites (and they knew that because they read a high school history textbook once.) Here is a lot more of a conservative atmosphere, so I'm not really going to risk telling most people (but my mom told my one neighbor, who very often teases me, but in a good-natured way)

[Futility Personified]

If conversation ends up drifting onto politics, then i'll intervene, challenging certain conventions normally ends up justifying your position. But when i'm drunk, my misery guts attitude will normally target some sentiment that rankles and it all goes out. I have yet to be horribly wounded though!

[Os Cangaceiros]

If asked I'll say that I believe in the tenets of revolutionary socialism. w/ sympathies towards syndicalism and anarchy

[Remus Bleys]

Everyone can deduce.
Or they think I'm left-liberal and call me communist (as an insult), which I freely admit to.

[Quail]

If politics come up in conversation I'll mention it, but I don't just announce it to everyone I meet. ("Hi, I'm Quail, and I'm a communist!") If I'm debating one topic in particular I might not mention it because I find people are more receptive to my arguments if they're not reminded I'm a communist.

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Euryone knows I'm bout it, bout it, lol.

[Bostana]

If politics come up in conversation I'll mention it, but I don't just announce it to everyone I meet. ("Hi, I'm Quail, and I'm a communist!") If I'm debating one topic in particular I might not mention it because I find people are more receptive to my arguments if they're not reminded I'm a communist.

What she said.

I tend not to mention I'm a Marxist because it doesn't matter, as long as I get my point across. And if I'm arguing something like equal marriage rights I try to sneak in an emphasis that I am not liberal or conservative or whatever it may be.

[motion denied]

I'll tell if asked.

[Sea]

(but my mom told my one neighbor, who very often teases me, but in a good-natured way)I can't imagine this being anything other than painfully corny.
"Hi, I'm Quail, and I'm a communist!"
hi i'm sea and i'm an alcoholic

[Thirsty Crow]

I'm open when it come to already started discussions on issues affecting workers, so if the question about communism pops up, sure I'll be open and answer.

However, I don't tend to be open if the discussion hasn't been opened. And I dislike this kind of subcultural pride people can take in their oh so radical politics. If anything, this has made my life harder and presents complex problems.

[ВАЛТЕР]

If it comes up I'll state my positions.

[Comrade Jacob]

I'm proud to be a Communist, everyone else should be too.
(I do understand in some places it's genuinely not safe to say so).

[Thirsty Crow]

I'm proud to be a Communist, everyone else should be too.

Why?

It's a serious question, by the way.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

People know I'm a communist for the most part, except for some people in my family who I'd rather not ever talk politics with(or talk to in general). If I'm asked I'm a communist or socialist or I'll try to slip it into conversations. Like "I think something where the community owned the property and collectively decided how to allocate labor, in other words communism, would be a lot better then what we have now which is capitalism." Try and associate good things with the actual word you know, I think that's important for us.

[human strike]

I don't go out of my way to proclaim my communist identity, and in fact I shy away from declaring myself as anything (for a number of reasons), but I don't hide my views or pretend to think anything I don't (unless I'm in custody...). I find people are far more receptive to communist ideas if you don't start a conversation with, "I'm a communist, so I think...".

[La Comédie Noire]

I don't go on about it. So what usually happens is I'll be arguing with someone and they'll be like "Your starting to sound a lot like a socialist."

"well, yeah..."

[Ceallach_the_Witch]

If it comes up in conversation it inevitably comes up. I've pretty much go the strongest political views of any of my friends

[Tenka]

The one time I brought up that I was a commie my mum spewed some nonsense like "You mean socialist. You can't be a communist." and mentioned GDR and how communism was bad or something... well, she is incorrigible. I keep it to myself now. Don't have any friends to tell anyway....

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

There are people who haven't met me who know I'm an anarchist, or a communist, or whatever. It's made for some strange first interactions.

[DasFapital]

People know I have wacky views and oppose the system in some way. But in general I am a shy person who doesn't discuss much of anything.

[Blake's Baby]

There are whole different levels of interaction you have with people, so different people know different things about me. Anyone who's known me for any great length of time knows I'm a socialist. I don't announce it to everyone straight away, but I don't make a secret of it either.

[freecommunist]

I'm sure everyone who I know, knows that I'm a communist, but like other it generally just comes up in conversation.

[Zanthorus]

I don't like debating face to face, I'm not very confident when it comes to basic social interaction, let alone trying to justify why I believe in the obsolescence of an entire social system. People who knew me when I was in secondary school probably have a vague idea that I have some kind of crazy anti-establishment politics, though I doubt they have much of an idea of the specifics.

[Alexios]

i usually tend to avoid outspoken communists/'socialists' tbh

[Rugged Collectivist]

Not really. I do very little to disguise my views while never truly admitting that I'm a communist. It's pretty awkward really. I once told my sister I'm an anarchist. I guess that wouldn't be entirely accurate, but it's easier than saying you're a communist. I don't have political discussions with people outside of my family, and I don't tell my family because my dad owns a business and I feel like it would be really awkward. I don't know if I would tell strangers either. I feel like my abysmal rhetorical skills would actually make the concept less appealing to people who are new to it, but I suppose I'll have to get over that sooner or later.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

None of the people at work know I'm a communist or even part of a trade union since I rely on getting overtime and, I know it's a bit ridiculous and paranoid, but I don't want to be singled out in anyway but a couple who I actually like know I go on protests and things. Most of my friends know I'm a communist and some get hung up on that fact but the good ones remember all the fun times before the political stuff (and the best are communists with me). My family know I'm left wing and have strong political convictions but if they really knew what sort of things I'd been reading and believed then I'm not sure what they would think.

[LOLseph Stalin]

Some people know, some don't. The general rule is that if somebody is my friend on facebook then chances are they know I'm a communist as I post activist stuff and such there. Other than that I really only share it with people I trust. At least a few of my family members know and my mother is totally cool with it, and totally backs most of what I advocate too :lol:. It was really funny because one day I was in this Russian specialty store with her(which had Soviet stuff too) and there was this Soviet Union t-shirt on display. I didn't see it right away, but my mom was all like "I'm surprised you didn't buy that". Thinking back I totally wish I did buy it, hahaha.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

I'm open about it.