was it really like that?

[*daisy*]

well....i always wanted to ask a real hippie how was it really those days...i mean...sometimes when i talk with my friends they say hippies were just a bunch of people high most of the time,smelly and not doing anything smart....i always argue with them beacuse i believe this wasn`t so....
now i`m aksing you to tell me truth...was it like that?were hippies only doing drugs,doing nothing throughout the day and not cleaning themselves??

[Asmodean]

Hippies aren't all the same person (obviously). So if you think about it they probably weren't all doing the same. I'm sure there were one or two that actually did clean themselves. And there probably also were a few sober ones. ;)

[Littlefoot]

well....i always wanted to ask a real hippie how was it really those days...i mean...sometimes when i talk with my friends they say hippies were just a bunch of people high most of the time,smelly and not doing anything smart....i always argue with them beacuse i believe this wasn`t so....
now i`m aksing you to tell me truth...was it like that?were hippies only doing drugs,doing nothing throughout the day and not cleaning themselves??



Some hippies were like that. And a lot of straights were like that too. Still
are.

Some hippies just protested and wore costumes and enjoyed "getting in
the Man's face".

A lot hippies moved to the hills and planted gardens and fired pottery
and wove cloth.

But you didn't hear about _those_ hippies in the Media.

The Establishment _really_ didn't want the kids to start thinking there
was an alternative to working in the mills and factories.

Bad for business.

LIttlefoot

[Freekowtski]

i guess there was hostility against the "hippies" because they were different, and people are afraid of those things that are different.

[taw]

well,I wasnt born back then,but I think that many hippies were sensitive,very smart and clean but there were also many of them that were smelly,dumb and high 24/7. but they were like that not because of being hippies but because they were that way,its more of a individualism matter,not everyone acted the same way.

[oink]

I was high a lot in my early years, too much. I did, however bathe reguarly. I also generally held a steady job and frequently worked my ass off. I did change jobs a fair amount, but a lot of that was because I moved around the country a fair bit. I also did quite a few things that weren't smart, but I think that was mainly due to age and maturity.