Are weed smokers really peace loving hippies?

[Purple Banana]

Gotta love the old-school hippies... I get the best bud from 'em!

Purple Banana Reviewed by Purple Banana on 12-03-2007. Are weed smokers really peace loving hippies? I was down at my local head shop this weekend and couldn't help noticing that almost half of the paraphernalia for sale was covered in either: 'CND' symbols, or 'Hippie' type 'peace and love' imagery. "Not that there is anything wrong in being a hippie", some of my best friends are tree huggers, and I always was in favour of a bit of 'free love'. But, is this what the average stoner is really about these days, or is it just a tired old cliche that manufacturers assume is going to help Rating: 5

[Flameon]

Sorry.
I keep forgetting I'm an 'old-timer'! lol

CND stands for 'Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament', very popular in the 80's. 'Ban the Bomb' and all that stuff.


Edit: I don't know. . . the younger generation today. . . they don't know there born! lol

[LIP]

Well im certainly not a peace loving hippie.

[Breukelen advocaat]

There was only one real hippie, and that was Emmett Grogan, founder of the Diggers in Haight Ashbury, San Francisco, CA.

[jagarr]

im not a hippie if by that you mean the tie dye clothes and the vinyl classic rock sleeves all over ones' walls type of hippie. i am pretty peaceful though sure and i make a conscious effort to not be a complete doosh rocket to everyone i come across. but i do like metal and ultra-violent video games...

im too young to really understand the 'hippie' mindset. sure ive seen a few history channel miniseries and my moms brother followed 'the dead' around the country to over 300 shows so hes got some great stories, but im sure factually im way off =P

i do wish people were less callous towards one another. i feel so sad when i see people be mean just for the sake of being mean, which is like every day =/
im guilty of it too though i suppose. everyone gets frustrated. but i try to acknowledge my anger... like just today at work i caught myself pissed and calmed myself down pretty fast. then i just felt bad, but then proud! proud that i didnt flip out and add unnecessarily to an already stressful situation. aaaand now, ill take a nap

[Reefer Rogue]

Cannabis has enlightened me to the ways of pascifism.

[suhl]

no. spend the night in jail. everyone there will smoke weed, none will be peace loving hippies. im not saing all potheads are in jail im just speaking from recent experience

[mfqr]

What's wrong with peace? Yes, I have become a pacifist. Before I smoked ganja, I was not. Is there something wrong with that? Hippie? Can anyone give an accurate definition of what a "hippie" is?

"someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle" -- that's from google.com

I don't know if I'm an extreme liberal in politics and/or lifestyle... some would best describe me as a socialist. Anyway, umm...

All this negative shit about "peace loving hippies" is just pro-war propaganda. GG

[Staurm]

Not necessarily, but I think all the tree hugger's imbibe it keenly.

[mfqr]

Also, not all pot smokers are peace lovers. Maybe we can get P4B in here to shed some light on the subject