what makes u a hippy?

None of the polls options. Other peoples mindsets make me a hippie.

Someone who fits that description is bound to be a hippie?

 

as soon as i have 100 post, i'm goin to put this on my sig, what i believe sums up what i am and what i want to be.

You ask me why i dwell
in the green mountain;
I smile and make no reply
for my heart is free of care.
As the peach blossom which flows dowstream
and is gone to the unknown,
I have a world apart
that is not among men.
-Li Po

 

I'm not going to even vote.. what makes me a hippy is my way of life.. my way of thinking.. my free spirit..

 

I don't really know if I am a Hippy or not. I know that I want to live a simpler life. I know that I need to learn tolerance. I know I am a happier person since I found the hip forums community. I just lit a white candle for all of us, make a wish and then live it.

 

i am not a person that attaches labels to myself i do however stand out to some because i don't follow the rat race i am not always affected by every thing people think i should be if there is a great tradgedy i generally don't feel great fear anger or sadness unless it strikes a personal chord with me, I feel like the more I send out destructive thoughts and feelings the more tradgedys and destructive events will occur, this is just one way I suppose I think differently.

 

none- i'm myself. i have sexual freedom.
i wear hippie clothes and jewelry.
i love going barefoot and going nude.
im all about expression.
i love the music.
i love the ideas.
i hate politics. therefore, i despise war. ANY war.

 

honestly i dont think im a "hippy" at all! i just have alot of the same beliefs that fit under the label..



drug experimintation-- only ganja n coke n x(once)..i still do the ganja but not others..wana try shrooms one day
sexual freedom------i think the reason it feels so good is for us to enjoy freely,,even tho i dont just sleep around with anyone!
political protest-----i hate politics all it is is ppl who are money hungry and want control over ppl who deserve FREEDOM
style of music------- reggae mostly

 

Well the true answer wasn't in here and thats mindset of freedom; personal choise and loving your life. But on the poll I seem to do drugs the most (lsd, mushrooms and weed) so thast where my vote went.
I do not think it makes me a hippie though; its just whats most hippie that I do out of the things in the poll.

 

caring more about the kind of world we all have to live in then what anyone thinks of me as a person. i fermly believe this is the one and only true litmus test of hippidom.

that many of the other issues were introduced by outsiders to discredit this one over riding consideration. those other things just created a band wagon for day trippers to hitch a ride on.

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even tho all the choices are ridiculous the drug use one is the worst. wat exactly is hippie like about drug use. people have been using drugs long before the first so called "hippy" and most of the people that use drugs nowadays are not anything like a hippy in fact quite the opposite of the stereotype. people of every culture, class, nationality, color, religeon, affiliation etc. use drugs for recreational purposes. the only drug i could say is associated with hippies specifically is lsd, but its still ridiculous to say that using it makes u any more or less of a hippie or a hippy at all

 

i have actually come to hate this word, i mean even the word H-I-P-P-Y it just sounds fucking stupid like something the easter bunny would say. actually i hate all labels in my opinion preconceptions are the cause of 90% of mankind's beef with itself. we all think we know wats wrong with everyone else but really we dont even know wat the fucks wrong with ourselves

 

Hear hear!

 

all you gottta do to be a hippie is claim to be one. Its like Democrat, republican, libertarian.
You are who you are, people will only belive about you "that what you say and do " demonstrates to them.

 

Labels are a bad thing.
Once you allow a label to define you, you have to fight to believe in something other than the preconception you claimed. Labeling yourself denies you the right to exercise free choice. You have to represent the label you choose or have had forced upon you, or you have to fight an unending fight to change the thinking of others.
Just be. That should really be enough for anybody.
I claim to be adaptable.
That is my label.

 

I guess everyone has their own idea of what qualifies someone as a hippy.

Looking back at all of my friends throughout the years and also how I try to be brought me to this idea.

I think being a hippy is about much more than sexual promiscuity, drug experimentation, or the way you look (my appearance don't fit the image).

It's like the core of how you view your life and others. Not afraid of being your real self, compassionate, thoughtful, positive, hopeful, friendly, etc. Looking beyond yourself to spread some good vibes to those you come in contact with. To be someone you'd be happy to meet and make as a new friend.

 

Much of the above. I care a lot about political issues and nonconformity. I don't do drug, though, I want to keep my body as clean as I can.

 

wouldn't non conformity and politics make you more of anarchist than a hippy?

oops should have read your response closer, nevermind...sorry!

 

The music moves my soul...

 

None of the above!
personally, those options just seem like sterotypes to me.
Although style of music, drug experimentation, etc may contribute to your personality, and shape who you are, IMO being a 'hippie' is about following your own dreams and being down with hippie philosophy - peace, love, and acceptance!