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I'm glad we're on this subject since it's a big part of my life. A lot of my friends call me a hippie (I'm not) and a lot of my other friends are hippies too (they definitly are).
I think in the culture there are goods and bads, depending on what you see. After going to a Phish concert a few times you definitely both sides. Things I like about hippies is yeah some good pot is always a friend away, none of that rave drugs and cat tranquilizer. The thing about hippies I least like is the idea that you have to be apathetic or else you're a slave to someone. One of the greatest hippies I've ever known is my politics/history teacher from high school , the guy was brilliant, went to UC Berkeley (California's best school IMO and most others) and was hard working, yet I saw him at Phish concerts and String Cheese Incident (<the key to life is balance and moderation (and love). If you only do drugs on special occasions you can still prosper
Hippies are the only reason I still live in Northern California!
I dig hippies. I watched my best friend in high school transition into a full fledged Grateful Dead following (to some degree) hippie and over time she's not as outwardly a hippie but a lot of the ideals are still there. She's great, very unconventional, a good mother and a genuine person. Worked with a couple of major hippies and they were cool, always sticking to their guns so to speak.
I think they get a bad rap, but that's mostly due to he political climate especially these days where liberal has become a nasty word.
I think just from being around the people I spent my formative high school and college years with, the communal aspect of hippies was something I found intriguing. It was clique-ish but not necessarily elite. It didn't matter who you were or how you looked or how old you were, they embraced you with open arms - if you wanted. If any group of people could be as accepting the world would be better off imo. You're right Biff, if you go to a show where hippies congregate you can definitely see what's up in their element, on their turf. I saw what you're talking about when I went to a Jerry Garcia show. The whole Dead Head community aspect, from the outside looking in, is a fascinating one but a simple primal concept we've lost touch with over time because of our paranoia or other social hang-ups.
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