I was at a friend's place one time, sitting on a couch that was up against a half-wall. I was on my phone and didn't realize my friend was behind me until he asked "what's Hexbear?" And I stammered "just a leftist shitposting site." I think I played it off, but mentally it was like I'd been caught looking at porn. I wasn't sure what I'd say if he asked any more questions. My friends are all leftists in the way a lot of younger people are: they watch Hasan and dislike chuds. But there's a difference between casually watching Hasan and coming into contact with actual Marxist-Leninist posters who write effortposts defending the legacy of Stalin/Mao/the DPRK.
Plus I'd also have to admit to listening to Chapo, which I think is much more embarrassing than watching Hasan.
It's okay comrade shark fucker, I'm already on hexbear, I'm glad you found this outlet too. During our next session, let's meditate on the angular nature of our furry friend.
I still rememeber when I showed my therapist a text convo between me and a friend (well, a fight, lol) when we both use the word communist to describe the other (because we both are!) and she stops and goes "So is this communist thing a joke or?" and I go "oh.. uh... no I'm a communist lol".
i will basically bring up communism a couple sessions in to test therapists. my last one was like "but greed is human nature" so i had to get rid of her. they don't have to be like a commie agitator but I need my therapist to be a materialist otherwise we're basically speaking different languages, they may as well be a Catholic.
Yeah we sometimes run into roadblocks coming from the fact that she's a liberal but overall its not like, a problem for her that im a communist.
For example where I shared an argument with a friend that I had about Ukraine where I took the ML position I was worried that she'd side with the friend because of the position I was taking but she treated it like any other argument, and if anything said I was too overactive in trying to apologize when I didnt do anything all that wrong lol.
They've happened a few times. There is some disagreement but also some excellent points about how the industry exists to treat symptoms caused by capitalism without ever addressing the cause.