Are Hippies Just a Thing of the Past?

"Hippy"is a mindset.Not how long your hair is,or how you dress.It's how you live your life,and what u believe in."hippies" have ALWAYS existed,and we ALWAYS will!1966-67 was a long time ago;but plenty of us still believe in the basics and the ideals set forth by the brothers and sisters of that era.Go back to the "communes" that existed in the late 1800's-early 1900's.They were all about the "hippie" culture,and ideals.

 

"Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit."
-Abbie Hoffman

 

i think theres more hippies today than in the 60's just alot of em in disquise or just traveling about in diff countries n shiz

 

no,I dont think so.The hippies will exist forever,is the greates style of all.And now I think the past will come back.

 

Can't agree with you here, sorry. Those communes were different; here one can read a very good definition of what hippy are. I like this definition, cause it puts it clear and short, and straight to the point.
Yes, the "basics" and "the ideas" really have always been around in this way or another -- just as long as we humans have been here.
But it is the crisis of the modern society, that gave birth to hippies. We've got "knowledge", technologies, "freedoms", "human rights", all sorts of "opportunities" -- all that stuff people used to do without in the past. And then, when these things DIDN'T bring immediate happiness to poor humans, there appeared such phenomenon as "hippies". Was it an effort of something humane and sincere inside us to manifest itself in response to the hypocricy and rotenness of the society and its morals? Whatever it is, it only took its shape in 20th century.

Therefore I vote for NO. Hippy are NOT the thing of the Past, but of the Present.

I hadn't seen any of my former hippy friends for some 20 years, nor heard from them. Then, when I found them 1 year ago, I was very much surprised to see, that many young folks are joining. April 1, 2008 there was I usual spring gathering of the hippies in Moscow, Russia. And -- no, they are not in the Past, yet.

 

I can't stand it when people say on tv or something, 'Stop living in the past, it's the 21st century now.'
eh, simple as that.
I don't know why I'd give up my own style for todays style... which I find the opposite of mine.
Hippies changed the world, and although I haven't seen any [I mean, really, how many hippies are you going to find living in fairfield county, CT?] I know there are still plenty of people my age, 20, 30, years old that are hippies.

 

Hippies are a thing of the past thank god, im so sick of young kids who go out and watch some movie like the doors and say im a hippy, or some young highschool kid who smokes to much dope has no sence of heigeine with dreads and all of a sudden he is a rastafairian. LOL what a joke. In this day and age there are no more true hippies, punks, mods, skins, goths, or whatever other fashion identity kids try to steal these days. All that remains is the thought of what was and traces of fashion from that era, and no offence but they wernt all they were cut out to be in the first place. Not trying to burst ya'lls bubble just stating what i think.

 

...but there ARE still young people that know the true meaning of being a hippie.
But I totally know what you mean... My friend is a huge beatles fan, so he thinks hes a hippie.
But hippie is a mindset. and some people follow that mindset these days.
I think you're thinking of just the fakes.
oh well.

 

^I do agree with you that the hippie mindset is the true meaning of being a hippie, but sadly most dont think the same.

 

We are important today as ever. Its still a lot of injustice around us. Hippies are not a thing of the past.

 

I agree it is not in how you look, but how you live your life. I know tons of "hippies" who put on a suit and go to work in the system for whatever their reasons, just playing the game from the inside. They are there...we are here...we are everywhere.

 

Despite the damper that aids, hiv and stds put on the sexual revolution it still thrives as does hippieness, the need to question the status quo, to abhor random violence, to strive against corruption, to keep an open mind to new ideas, to cherish the other lifeforms that co-exist on this planet with us, to attempt to slow the wanton distruction of our environment, to instill such ideas and ideals in our friends and family to share the burdens of others with compassion and love is the essence of being a hippie, said essence to be nourished so it will continue to grow as we fight the moral and ethical blights that seek to engulf us. Peace and Love my Brothers and Sisters, fight what injustices you can.

 

Even if "the hippie" is from the past- The hippie culture that was created can live forever with the proper nourishment. There will never be a shortage of causes that need to be addressed - this is kind of like our job- to keep the universe on the right course. Even if there was the death of the hippie- thier never will a death of the hippie ideology ,unless we lose the DEAD-acation & motivation it takes to keep it alive.
andthebeatgoeson,
JJack

 

being a hippie is a state of awareness and soul...
i hated the term while going to bay area colleges in the 60's...but high-strung best friend from ny village said "you're whatever these assholes call you"! being a hippie is as old as the human race! ..most have access to dimensions that coexist alongside the billboard lives of our 3rd dimension minions..

 

I personally don't think that hippies ever went away. Sure, it was a popular phase in the sixties, but most of the ones who dressed the part went on to become yuppies. yuck...there's no way a real hippie could ever become a money grubbing greedy yuppie. Although I think the hip hop "culture" is the most popular today, the hippies are underground, where I think we, they, feel most comfortable. After all, who wants to be a part of this wacked-out, mixed up society anyway? Although it would be nice if our right to worship the Sacred Herb was respected...

 

I voted no.
I am old school. I honestly still believe to this day that the word "hippie" and hippies died on October of 1967 with the Death of the Hippie parade down The Haight and buried in ggp. That was the intention of the parade. The media and straights exploited the word hippie and the hippie lifestyle for commercial reasons so the "Hippie" died a few short years in the Haight where it began after absorbing the Beat generation. After the funeral, and rising crime in the Haight, there was a max exodus out of the city by the thousands. The haight had become hell. Wino's and perverts figured out that if they quit cutting their hair, they are no longer seen as winos and pedophiles. They are now "hippies" because they could blend in. That pissed off the real hippies and caused a bigger stereotype, so the Diggers killed the Hippie. To fill the void, enter yippies filled the gap.


The ideals and spirit still live on, but honesty, there are very few people that can Tune in, Turn on, and Drop out anymore. Most everyone wants social status and the mass collection of material things, and genuinely are not willing to drop out of society as they know it. I know I can't go back but in my head still lives the memories and hope. If you go to the Haight today, there are a few things left but still takes some imagination. But if you stay there, you must stay at the Red Victorian B&B. A cool 81 year old hippie still runs the place. Her name is Sami Sunchild and check out the rooms. Here is a link. http://www.redvic.com/ I will be there next easter for 3 days.
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Peace

To answer your question Skip, I think we are just as important today to balance out the crazy world. We may not be seen as relevant, but we are very important to the entire overall scheme of life.
As the Merry Pranksters said, Rule #1. "Nothing lasts"

 

Not in the slightest.. there will be original and unconventional ways of thinking in certain individuals forever.
I don't believe you have to be an 'old school hippy' to clock onto goverment regime.. and how, especially with advances in technologies and demolishing areas of nature to produce housing or industries, we are ever increasingly denied our true relevance to the earth itself.. our complex but essential relation to nature.

 

Their all at the festivals. I walk into a festival and it looks just like my ealier days. I deffintly feel so much safer when I'm behind the gates. Though we have seen some bad "Attidudes" camping amoung our peaceful weekends. But still a place to lay back with freinds, a couple "Illegal smiles", giant fire pit and music. Yes,we're still here.

 

times have changed,Peace & Hemp activists i think have gotten angier about the whole global warming and arrests for narcotics,police brutality and war.
i just cant imagine an angry hippie...

issued on July 17th 2007
The Executive Order criminalizes the antiwar movement. It is intended to "blocking property" of US citizens and organizations actively involved in the peace movement. It allows the Department of Defense to interfere in financial affairs and instruct the Treasury to "block the property" and/or confiscate/ freeze the assets of "Certain Persons" involved in antiwar
activities. It targets those "Certain Persons" in America, including civil society organizatioins, who oppose the Bush Administration's "peace and stability" program in Iraq, characterized, in plain English, by an illegal occupation and the continued killing of innocent civilians.

The executive order violates the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the US Constitution. It repeals one of the fundamental tenets of US democracy, which is the right to free expression and dissent. The order has not been the object of discussion in the US Congress. Sofar, it has not been addressed by the US antiwar movement, in terms of a formal statement.

anyways...
what is a true hippy? and why set an age limit?

 

Maybe people are no longer limiting themselves based on what they wear?

Just because you don't want to play dress up everyday and look like a prick wearing a costume don't mean that there not on the same agenda as you, Maybe people are starting to express themselves with there words more so than with pieces of cloth....