real hippies go to rainbow gatherings

Meliai · Mar 29, 2011

OptimisticFutureBlues said:

I'm lost. It seems like some people have a negative opinion about the gatherings, but some do not. Can some of the people who think poorly of it give me their opinion as to why its not that great?
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I don't really have a negative opinion about the gatherings. I have a negative opinion about the hype surrounding gatherings. Something about huge groups of any type of person turns me off a little bit. I love people but I don't love thousands of people at once. I think I would still enjoy going to one.

rjhangover said:

The reason for this thread was to turn hippies on to a very cool space. Most were offended, thinking I was insinuating that if you don't go to the Rainbow you're not a REAL hippie. To be clear, it has NOTHING to do with labeling anyone. I DO think it is very important to defend our right to ASSEMBLE. I AM very disappointed in my government. I feel the government has raped the Native Americans, blacks, and recently Iraqis and Afghans, killing over a million innocent civilians. And putting a $14 trillion national debt on the backs of future generations while giving tax cuts to billionaires is beyond criminal. Congress has stolen $2.4 trillion from the Social Security fund in the last 25 years, and now they want to destroy it so they don't have to pay it back. They also want to destroy Medicaid and Medicare, in essence throwing the elderly and the poor on the trash heap. I'm ashamed of my own whiteness.
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It really has nothing to do with whiteness. Its more about wealth and power. We don't live in a day and age where the political landscape is only sculpted by white men anymore, and I think its becoming clear that power and money can corrupt anyone, regardless of race or creed.

wa bluska wica · Mar 30, 2011

e7m8 said:

poverty on many of the reservations is largely out of site, out of mind
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wiki has a page, poorest counties in the u$

1 Buffalo County, South Dakota $5,213
2 Shannon County, South Dakota $6,286
3 Starr County, Texas $7,069
4 Ziebach County, South Dakota $7,463
5 Todd County, South Dakota $7,714
6 Sioux County, North Dakota $7,731
7 Corson County, South Dakota $8,615
8 Wade Hampton, Alaska $8,717
9 Maverick County, Texas $8,758
10 Apache County, Arizona $8,986

i'm sure many of these counties will look familiar to anyone interested in the plight of native americans . . .

tvdog · Apr 3, 2011

Well, I plan to go, if I can. Hopefully I will find some sweet lady 50+ to go with me and show me what to do and where everything is. I have a camper with two beds, nothing expected but company on the trip. (I'm in Iowa.)

I'm not a hippie and never was, but I need to find some good people. It's been too long, and I've forgotten. There has to be a place to do that. I hope it's the Gathering.

Paisley Skye · Apr 3, 2011

first of all, there are no real hippies in the present generation. they try to dress and act as though they are. second, there is no reason to put some sort of label on various groups. hippie is not a look but a way of life. as far as what kind of people go to these gatherings, there is no clear-cut guidelines. as far as advertising, there really is nothing formal. as far as you go, rev, your arrogance really irks me. to hear something nice come from you would be a blessing. i, for one , really am a hippie, whereas you are nothing more than a pseudo-hippie(no insult, just a dose of reality). peace, paisley skye.

RooRshack · Apr 3, 2011

Paisley Skye said:

first of all, there are no real hippies in the present generation. they try to dress and act as though they are. second, there is no reason to put some sort of label on various groups. hippie is not a look but a way of life. as far as what kind of people go to these gatherings, there is no clear-cut guidelines. as far as advertising, there really is nothing formal. as far as you go, rev, your arrogance really irks me. to hear something nice come from you would be a blessing. i, for one , really am a hippie, whereas you are nothing more than a pseudo-hippie(no insult, just a dose of reality). peace, paisley skye.
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Oh damn, he's a REAL hippie. Shit got real.

Again.

newo · Apr 3, 2011

Paisley Skye said:

first of all, there are no real hippies in the present generation. they try to dress and act as though they are.
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None? Damn Paisley, with that attitude I have to question your hippieness!

Boogabaah · Apr 3, 2011

hmmm.. gonna close this thread now and start a new one in thei same section..

WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE?

:grouphug:

drumminmama · Apr 9, 2011

Reverand JC said:

The only thing worse than holier than thou is hippier than thou.

Stay Brown,
Rev J
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amen. And boy do I get that from Berkeleyites (and I thought Boulderites were bad)
But maybe I just haven't gone to the right retreats so i can get all centered on how I need to serve people.

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