In all honesty, if you weren't there through the 60's and 70's, you're not a hippy..deny that all you want, but you simply are not,why? because since then, not anyone group of us has come together to fight and protest against wars, against invasion of privacy, for our freedom, for our love, for our happiness, for nature..so no, we are not hippies..what we are, are individuals sharing the same common beliefs that I see more people grasping more and more each day.. I notice people around me, understanding that this war has to stop, that we are causing damage(if minimal) to our planet, that "Big Brother" is simply getting too much into our lives, that freedom is barely a belief in this country anymore..and these people also aren't hippies, but "believers"..We cannot be classified as hippies until we have done some sort of "hippie" act..having a belief of a hippy, and dressing up as a hippy, and having hippy morals, does not make you a hippy, rather, it's what you decide to fight for, and following through with that, making it a lifestyle, that makes you a hippy..being a hippy doesnt qualify you to be in a hippie clique, because there is no such thing..and the stereotypical "hippy" to the average common person today, is a pothead,stoner loser who has done and will not do anything with their lives, which is simply untrue, but what has become of our morals,our beliefs, and our image..bottom line, we are not hippies until we "conform" to the hippy ways.
you paid for it? or did you wander up after they got out of the chair to sell their velvet elvis painting to someone else?
no, but a lot of people ask that. well no one seems to agree on this whole thing so i still dont really have an answer here :tongue: but thanks for your opinions, they have been helpful. i don't think it shall trouble me further
people at work call me a hippy. but I dont smoke pot regularly, I shower once a day, and I listen to metal music.