Some months ago, i was in a cosplay convention and there was a political organization called the women’s league of voters. The person that was promoting the organization called me and she asked me some questions about voting. I told her I am against voting but in a very outlandish and vauge way because I was afraid I would give out too much information on my politics.
This made me wonder what should I do if I get sucked into political conversations. Do any of you guys have any advice?
Like another comment here touched on, if I’m not totally sure of the person’s politics I’ll usually just criticize the US/west from an anti-imperialist angle. It’s useful because actual comrades will quickly pick up on what type of person I am (and maybe agree or make similar comments themselves) while other people will usually either politely nod or change the subject.
If it’s a situation where I really don’t want the people within earshot to know about my politics then I keep to uncontroversial statements. Like when the Ukraine conflict kicked off last year my coworkers were talking about it and while I wanted to say something about liquidating Nazis, I just said I felt bad for the innocents caught up in it and I hope it ends soon. Most people aren’t gonna give you shit for saying “I don’t want innocent people to die” lol.