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I am a liar and a demagogue
As you guys probably know, I'm a candidate in the local elections happening at the end of the month. There is no chance whatsoever for the Commie I am to win in this diehard right-wing town, but I do the campaign nonetheless.
More often than not, people are pleased to encounter a young candidate, a 23-years-old who is involved in politics that much (regardless of my political ideas). Many people are also neutral, and don't care at all.
But I sometimes encounter some person who insults me on basis of my political beliefs. I was verbally assaulted and threatened once, by the owner of the supermarket on which's parking lot I distributed fliers.
But I am currently annoyed by someone who called me a "turncoat", a "liar" and a "demagogue"
This someone is a former comrade who showed me a few things during my first years in the party - I supposed he thought of himself as my mentor.
He since left the party because he disagreed with its evolution, and joined a group of comrades disgruntled just as he was.
On the occasional encounter since I'm a candidate, he called me repeatedly a "turncoat" because I chose to stay in the party and to be active in it. Of course, he never bothered to listen to my opinion.
But what really hit the nail is when I called him because I had just recieved a paper from a disgruntled group saying they'd support the party's candidate in this one election. As soon as he heard his group supported us, he explained me it was a sound decision, that the position we currently hold must be kept etc.
The day after, it turned out, he calls me back saying I have lied to him and manipulated him, and that he won't support me at all. It turned out I mistook one disgruntled group with another
I tried to call him back, but he hung up immediately. I am pretty pissed at him right now, because I always held him with more respect than that. His behaviour is completely sectarian and stubborn, and it really annoys me to think I have thought better of such a guy
More often than not, people are pleased to encounter a young candidate, a 23-years-old who is involved in politics that much (regardless of my political ideas). Many people are also neutral, and don't care at all.
But I sometimes encounter some person who insults me on basis of my political beliefs. I was verbally assaulted and threatened once, by the owner of the supermarket on which's parking lot I distributed fliers.
But I am currently annoyed by someone who called me a "turncoat", a "liar" and a "demagogue"
This someone is a former comrade who showed me a few things during my first years in the party - I supposed he thought of himself as my mentor. He since left the party because he disagreed with its evolution, and joined a group of comrades disgruntled just as he was.
On the occasional encounter since I'm a candidate, he called me repeatedly a "turncoat" because I chose to stay in the party and to be active in it. Of course, he never bothered to listen to my opinion.
But what really hit the nail is when I called him because I had just recieved a paper from a disgruntled group saying they'd support the party's candidate in this one election. As soon as he heard his group supported us, he explained me it was a sound decision, that the position we currently hold must be kept etc.
The day after, it turned out, he calls me back saying I have lied to him and manipulated him, and that he won't support me at all. It turned out I mistook one disgruntled group with another
I tried to call him back, but he hung up immediately. I am pretty pissed at him right now, because I always held him with more respect than that. His behaviour is completely sectarian and stubborn, and it really annoys me to think I have thought better of such a guy
), the truth is these guys are gonna be nothing. Half of them will drift away from politics altogether. The rest will form a tiny little sect of no consequence.
), I didn't think it was another Commie. Funny that, the people more on the right-wing of you are treating you with respect, but those more or less on your side are treating you like dirt. Very interesting indeed.
That's me, a traitor of the cause.
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