Hippies

what is a hippy well my mother was the proverbial hippy which meant

protests ( ban the bomb )
Afghan coats
weed
philosophy
peace camps
love beads
free concerts
trips to Goa
a VW camper van
patcholi oil to mask the smell

Not to belabor a point, but I was there, during the 60's. It was a fun time to be alive. If I've got my facts straight, Hippie derived from Hipster, which was a kind of label for reefer smoking, jazz loving, artistic beatnick types of the 50's and early 60's. Abbie Hoffman tried to capitalize on the word by, according to himself, starting up the Youth International Party, or Yippies. Hippie was basically an insulting term picked up by the media and used to describe the counter culture scene, as if one label could be slapped on everybody who wasn't at all like Mr. & Mrs. Leave it to Beaver. A sort of rennaisance was happening, and I don't recall anyone who voluntarily called himself/herself a hippie, because, of course, we were all so individualistic, and knew that labels were a tool of the evil Military/Industrial Complex Conspiracy . At the risk of drawing fire, the only ones who were comfortable being called hippies, as I recall, were losers who would have been happy to be included in any recognizable category, as they weren't very good at having identities of their own.

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^^Dude, is that rape of the ape? Allan Sherman?

If you ask me, hippies are part of the reason that stoners get a bad rep, albeit a small part.

Ha, my dad says he used to beat up hippies when he was my age. As much as i disagree with what he did the inner tough guy who thinks being totally passive is just total bull shit has to laugh at the thought of it.

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hippies don't shower or whatever cause they like to stink

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not just cause I'm baked, but that is fuckin hilarious! :D

My bf calls me a hippie. But im just me. :D

some people called me and my friends them yesterday. I showered yesterday too.

Loud and clear, Orange. I forget sometimes how much violence the non-violent types used to start. They'd shout these annoyingly trite slogans at you; you knew they didn't know their ass from a hole in the ground. Almost like they were trying to pick a fight, but of course, they'd always say that violence didn't solve anything, once they got you mad enough to knock their block off. The worst were the middle class anti-war punks who hadn't been anywhere beyond their high school parking lot. You'd get this "Kill any babies lately?" kind of insult, and want to escort them to the nearest fire zone to see how profound they felt after being exposed to the real world.

I never beat up any hippies, but would have knocked the stuffings out of anyone who called me one. They did give us a bad reputation. Just another stereotype for the media to make fun of.

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everyone i no calls me a hippy but i dont give a fuck no more. i guess i fit in the stereotypical "hippy" category were as...

i wear same clothes most the time

smoke pot all day

dont want a job

think humans are funny

bake in my friends van all the time

have long hair

get laid all the time by fine girls :D