We had some concerning conversations - they explicitly declared they wouldn't commit theft to save anyone's life, and intimated that fascism is just like socialism, "they're both bad extremes". We've always disagreed on politics and they've always had some common lib views, but they've always (at least 'til now) claimed to be vaguely leftist and understanding of my commie stance.

This has somewhat thrown me, honestly. I'm always open about my disagreements, but don't pursue argument (if anything, they do more than I), but these opinions just came out unprompted.

I fully accept that partners may have different politics (not directly harmful/malicious obviously), the world is complicated. My partner has always been a very kind, intelligent and thoughtful person who has helped me through tough times.

But there are a couple points that really do worry me:

• Either they've taken an unstated swing to the right in their politics or been hiding these scary views a long time.
• I know it's a hypothetical, which are often stupid for relationships, but fucking really? They wouldn't commit petty theft to save my life because the rules are important? They very explicitly clarified that, and this genuinely does make me feel kind of unsafe/uncared for.

I dunno. I dunno what my deal is or what I'm aiming for, I could be overreacting. I'm just venting my concerned thoughts at this stage. Mightily frustrated.

I'll hand in my propagandist license for a start.