An old man hits on me while criticizing Israel and hitting a bench

I was at the park with a friend when an old man came over to talk to us. Since I'm a social disaster, I just stared at my friend so he'd save me, and that's when the man started complimenting my looks A LOT, then asked to sit with us. He then earned some good points by explaining why it's horrible that the rich own half the world's wealth, why Onfray betrayed philosophy, that he loved nature, that he hated what the Israeli government was doing, etc. It went on for a REALLY LONG TIME, I even talked about quantum mechanics with him, it was hilarious. He also mistook a SODA for HARD DRUGS. I ended up thinking he wasn't actually hitting on me, but the first thing my friend said as we left was that he was clearly hitting on me at the start, so idk (he stopped complimenting me after my friend said I only liked girls to save me).

In the end he mysteriously rode off into the wind on his bike. I hope those compliments were just awkward and had no real intent behind them, because it was still fun.

PS: Oh yeah, and he also BEAT UP the bench, for no reason.