Are weed smokers really peace loving hippies?

I dont think that anyone from the younger generations can truely call themselves hippies. To me a hippie is someone who was there in the 60's, who were there protesting, lived in communities, gave up the whole life that was expected of them, and really changed the way Americans live their lives today.

People in the fallowing generations that do wear tiedye, and try to fallow that hippie generation, just are that, fallowing what they think is "cool". I think that they should go out and being themselves, most just are trying to be something they arent.

What i have noticed since i first started smoking, is that even I was trying to be the mainstream stoner. the one that is portrayed in the media. As i have grown older, i have devoloped my own path, my own style. Most people that know me dont even think that i smoke any more. they only think that im a nice outstanding person. I help out in my community, i am worried about some of the enviromental problems. but am no way a true hippie. may share the same beliefs, may live alot in the same way, but i was born 20 years after that era.

I admire those old stoners that talk about the years of free love, of free life. Maybe when im old, and i have a fw younger people sitting around me, maybe they too will admire my stories as much as i admired the stories from my elders. And maybe too, there will be a media "lable" for our generation that later generations will view as "cool"

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Originally Posted by TallulahGreen

I couldn't tell ya, cause I am a freakin' tree hugger and so is everyone I know.

...but I don't think it's from the pot.

I work in a food co-op. I'm a vegetarian. I try to only eat organic.
...and I REALLY LIKE TO GO HIKING!!!!

..oh and...I listen to massive amounts of reggae and classic rock...and jam bands.

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I heart you! And I identify with everything you said, especially that it's not the weed. I was like this before the weed.

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Originally Posted by Infamous

Over here in England i'd say that about 50% of smokers are aged 12 to 21, wear burberry caps, tuck their tracky bottoms into their socks, wear fake gold earrings and would steal your shoelaces if they had half the chance. I dont go near them due to the fear of catching Stupid Dickhead's Disease. The only time they hug trees is when they are trying to gnaw the bark off so that they dont have to waste money on toilet paper.

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LOL that is true of some of the dumbass urban dealers where I live, but whatever. I think it's human nature to be a greedy, insensitive dumbass, and some people fall victim to this tendency.

"hippies" got a bad rep in the 60's cuz the media usually showed the bad sides of them. its just a sterotype. it was part of the culture though. if i was growing up the 60's, i probably would be considered a "hippy" but that is just a label "society" would give me. now, i do like a lot of things that have to do with "peace" and "love", i have some items that says those things. oh well, lol.

I would say that all people who smoke weed, and only weed, love peace. So they are peace-loving weed smokers. It is the pills, beer, and, other supplements, which take out the love in the people, I mean, hippy.

my theory is that people who smoke pot have a small chance of
changing into hippies by some sort, cuz if they are in a headshop full of beads and colored pipes and stuff, theyd prolly be attracted the colors and everything is so much cooler looking when your high, i know thats what happened to me

yes herb smokers are peace lovin hippies ~~ u betcha :thumbsup:

Im one of em!

folks dont fear a pot smokin hippy
folks dont lock the doors when the hippies are loosed

hippies are the boss applesauce !

Rednecks are basicly the opposite of hippies, and there are an endless supply of reefer smoking rednecks in the south these days. These are different times, keep your fingers crossed everyone.

Easy Rider would not happen today, they would all just chief in the woods with Jack now.

Give peace a chance

Yes, when they're high. But when they're sober, they're cranky and irritable. The best of both worlds? Lol.

Granny is the shit, listen to her, she is smart an as wisdom.




Fuck yeh legalize!

I like all the peace signs and stuff like that but too much of it is just cliche. Like i wouldn't mind having a bong or a grinder with a peace sign on it, but if my room was covered in them i'd feel kind of retarded. That being said, I think people who smoke weed are definetly more open minded and peaceful. Many of us have a little bit of hippy in us. Personally i'm a pretty peaceful guy who trys to avoid confrontation and maintain calm at all times. Am i an environmentalist? No. Am I a vegetarian or Peta member? No.

Just because you aren't a full fledged freakish hippy doesn't mean you don't have a little inside you. Or I could be completely wrong. Plus, if marketing that hippy stuff didn't work, they wouldn't do it.

I'm not a hippie, but I love the hippie lifestyle, and specially their ideals. For that short time, there was a sense of hope that I don't think has been replicated since.

I'm really all for peace and love... I'm a liberal. There are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet.