Where are the people who care?

oh, im sorry if i offended you......



wait, are you talking to me or tor2?

 

No dude, I'm talking to the guy that made the original post.

I agree with Tor. Hippies died with the 60's man.

 

well I have to disagree. the beat/hippie movement died in the 60s, but not all the hippies suddenly died on december 31 1969. hippies still lived after 1969, and they influenced many people to live like them. which means new people become "hippies", living in communes, joining greenpeace, traveling around the world helping poverty stricken people. They dont have to wear tiedye and do drugs to be a "hippy", they just need to have a passion for helping people, and for loving the planet and wanting to clean it up. An entire group of people cant just live in one decade and then die, the spirit lives on, and it gets spread from person to person.

 

Isn't it all about who you are as a person. I never felt the need to label myself. After as while, people would get so fed up with me because I wouldn't say whether I was a lesbian, hetero, bisexual. I didn't consider any of those definitions to fit me perfectly. I ended up just using the label "bisexual" so I don't need to deal with all the questions. It seems that so many people are obsessed with the whole labeling system. There are so many parts of me. Some may fit into a specific social system, other parts of me may not. I have various ideas, and I believe I am diverse in many ways. What I wear, what I smoke, who my friends are, what I eat or don't eat, are only parts of me. I have no problem sharing my ideas. If they don't "fit" into someone's specific classification, then whatever. I am not going to change my beliefs simply to fit in to a labeled group. I am not sure why people feel this need to categorize people AS something. I would think as human beings, we do share some similar ideas, and differ on others. It's about being oneself..

 

exactly. why is this whole hippy thing such a big fucking deal anyway? if it bothers you, dont come to HIPforums. duh

 

i hear ya.
some people want to be cool so they dress and act like hippies but u can easily see thro these people. who cares what other people do unless its not hurting anyone/thing

 

I agree, it's hard to find 'real' hippies. I live in Tucson, and I usually hang out on 4th, which is a pretty 'hip' place. You see alot of the younger hippies about, and a few of the olders ones, that have stuck around over the years since 4th was the mini HA of sanfran. So I have met my fair share of the younger 'hip' population, and I have to say 80% of them DO NOT follow the meaning. They like sporting dreads, wearing nepalese workpants, and funky tiedie, but also LOOOVE to talk negitively about anyone who passes them, disrespect the homeless, get in fist fights, sell crack in the park and really just cause problems. It's sad to me.

The closest to hippy I have ever found was in Nepal, volunteering w/ me Naghi village, absolutely beautiful people.

I wouldn't label myself as a hippy. I wouldn't really label myself as a buddhist even though I follow it. I would label myself as non-violent, peaceful, compassionate, person.

 

Hahaha, evil hippy=Charles Manson.

 

Hahahahahaha!

 

this world is to caught up with sterotypes...if you think you are a hippy...well fine...but in the end you are just really you...and if you are labeling yourself, you are just trying to fit somewhere, when you shouldnt be trying to fit anywhere...instead of trying to fit, you should be living enjoying life...when i look around all my friends are all different...we all have our own ways of things and when you see some of us together, sterotypical people wouldnt think they we are all friends...sure they say i am a hippy, and i let them say that, it doesnt bother me when people sterotype me because i know who i am...really i am just kelly...nothing more, and nothing less...just me....i know people will always try to classify me as something...whatever, but i will never say i am anything but me...sometimes i think people just loose track of who they really are when they are trying to fit into a labled group of people....just be who you are and you will be much happier

 

Hey, I know what ya mean. I'm not exactly a hippie by some people's standards, but in all honesty just because I don't wear tye dye and listen to the grateful dead doesn't make me any worse. I have lots of the lifestyle beliefs and feeling. Peace and love for the world, nature, animals, humans. I

don't think that the way you dress necessarily makes you a complete hippie. I've met tons of assholes who look like they'd be amazing kynd folk, but hey it's fashion. What can ya do.

_maggie_

 

gosh... how trivial.

 

But that isn't really true as they say he faketh the hippiness.

 

Cool, you typed exactly what I was thinking

 

i was gonna post "just what is a real hippy?", but then i read some more at the bottom of this paragraph. thats quite hippecrytical of themselves to dress like whatever, then talk and act like they do. thats insulting too, but not just because they think of themselves as hippies.

 

i said this somewhere else, but i'll say it again:
it's about being individual, the term hippie is for people who don't have a label!!
rock on! now stop moaning and be happy, be hippie.

smile! jaz xxxxxxx