"A communist is like a crocodile: When it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up." -- Winston Churchill
One suspects that in "Lilly's" case it's the latter. But seriously, if this kid -- William is his name -- if William were a bit athletic, popular with the other kids, etc., he wouldn't have been inclined to adopt unpopular, self-destructive notions like communism and tranny-ism.