Do hippies even exist?

[Weed Is Sexy]

since when do hippies own computers. i know alot of hippies, most of them dont even know how to turn a computer on. you must be some pretty medernized hippies man. maybe this is a new era of hippies, the computer using, big word typing, suberb grunge hippies. if you want to meet real hippies go to tonasket barter fair in washington and talk to the crazy old hippy at the front. he is nutz, but cool as shit. and if i offended you by saying your a week hippie....im sry and i wub you **tickle** no im not gay im just friendly.

[Shelbay]

Hippie was a convenient label to throw at people seeking peace and social justice. However, these notions soon spread beyond hippiedom and began to penetrate the mainstream, thus scaring the shit out of the right wing control mechanisms (CIA, FBI). Their solution: DISCO, baby... the most effective government conspiracy of all time

I grew up with Disco..and still listen to it when I clean house..I love Shake,Shake,Shake-Shake your booty..

[Kitty Kat]

Hippies, potheads, stoners, no matter what we are called I think we ROCK!

[graymatter]

I grew up with Disco..and still listen to it when I clean house..I love Shake,Shake,Shake-Shake your booty..

That's the beauty of it dude... hippies still love you

[Shelbay]

That's the beauty of it dude... hippies still love you

haha..and I love them! Just one little thing though...I am a dudette..female here.

[Breukelen advocaat]

Emmett Grogan, according to WBAI Radio (NYC Pacifica Station) host Bob Fass, was the only real â??Hippieâ?�. He was, among other things, instrumental in the founding of the Diggers, their â??Free Store(s)â?�, the whole Haight Ashbury Scene, and was involved with various aspects of the counterculture all over the country. He died in 1978, in New York - where he originally was from (Brooklyn).

His autobiography is worth reading:
Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps (Citadel Underground) (Paperback)
by Emmett Grogan, Peter Coyote (Introduction)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080...lance&n=283155

The "Free Store" gave out many useful things to people in need. Much of this was personally stolen from stores, trucks, warehouses, etc., by Grogan himself, who was an accomplished thief, and his confederates. Eventually, his people stopped helping him and he did it alone. The low-income beneficiaries of his work, who had no idea where the goods came from, actually complained when he showed up late with food, clothing, etc.

[Shelbay]

Emmett was a junkie and one of the original "diggers" that helped feed others and had a relationship with the police in keeping the peace...he also inspired Abbie Hoffman..I wouldn't say he was the ONLY hippie

[geonagual]

I think hippie
has become more of a style
than a lifestyle
A reason not to work
and do more drugs
Where are the peace protests?
march on Washington?
You know there is a FUCKING war going on RIGHT NOW!!!!
If you claim to be a hippie
and you are doing nothing
You should be ashamed

I met a lady a few months ago when i was in Ohio
who was a hippie
very nice
I marched in the MLK parade with her
Vegan
She walked all the way accross the U.S.A. in 86'
for Global Disarnament
It was called the Great Peace March
NOW that is a hippie

[Shelbay]

Times are very different...are you active in more projects than just marching? I wouldn't say people should be ashamed for being careful these days..but that is just my opinion of course..really..what will marching accomplish? And why say being a hippie is just an excuse to do more drugs and not work? That is so untrue and just sterotyping.

[Breukelen advocaat]

Emmett was a junkie and one of the original "diggers" that helped feed others and had a relationship with the police in keeping the peace...he also inspired Abbie Hoffman..I wouldn't say he was the ONLY hippie

Well, I didn't say it - Bob Fass knew just about all of the influential counterculture people, and this was his opinion. I suspect that he meant that he (Grogan) was the only one that consistantly acted on his convictions - he backed up his words with actions.

I only read his book, and heard second-hand stories on the radio, etc. He apparently started using junk at an early age, and died rather young. The official story of his death was that he had a "heart attack" on the subway, in NYC. I believe that it was actually an OD, but I don't remember. Perhaps the recent edition of his autobiography, with a new introduction by (his friend) Peter Coyote, sheds some light on this. I read the book (from the library!) years ago, before Grogan had died.

Abbie Hoffman worte a book called "Steal This Book", which encompassed many of the ideas that Grogan had formulated.

Bob Dylan dedicated his 1978 album "Street-Legal" to Grogan