introduction of this old hippie

Hi all, cohikr here. Old hippie from the late 60's-early 70's. Went from a combat vet in USMC to a peace loving, long hair letting my freak flag fly. Once discharged went 10 years before getting my hair cut. What causes a geezer to make such a radical change? Guess it was all the ghosts from my time in RVN through the entire year of 1968.
Too bad charlie manson made the concept of hippie a pejorative. My take of being a hippie was folks who decided the system sucked, violence was not an answer, smoking ganja was better than booze any day and every weekend was a time to party and be with one another. And we gave a damn about the environment...how has that worked out, though. Oh, yeah....we loved flashing the peace sign. Did it even before I left Vietnam.

 

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