being of the same type / same type

(literary) they

a hobby (activity done for enjoyment in spare time) / one's taste (set of preferences)

to hold, to carry something / to have, to possess / to hold up, to maintain

holding, possession / wear, durability

continuative of 持つ

interest in Communism / Communist topics as a casual hobby

bad taste

being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is

those (referring to things distant from the speaker)