What was it like to be in the 60s?

i don't like political correctness.

 

you'll be right at home here with shaggie and trickster to be politically incorrect with as long as your grammar is perfect... its not what you say but how you say it that's important to them

 

I don't care what people say or how on here, i was just stating a fact. I found that post annoying to read with never ending sentences. Sue me why don't ya.

 

Man, no kiddin'...!!! Sometimes there were whole WEEKS that just seemed ripped from the Cosmos and plopped down in front of you sayin' "You got the juice to deal with THIS shit?" Not bein' able to find a place to crash, not findin' anything to eat, no shelter. Now, those were my vagabond days when I thumbed the country, ending up for some weird karmic reason in Tucson, or New Orleans, or Richmond, VA, or SF, or Atlanta, or places in between the planes of existence, on one type of acid or another.

I wouldn't trade those memories for anything, but, for real, there were indeed "Days of No Joy."

I tell you all, molly might be a bit jagged and rough for some peoples' sensibilities, but she's got her juice on. I had to re-read her a couple times before it clicked with me, there's a lot of love in this Sister, just don't try any bullshit with her. Cool. My opinion, anyway, from what little I've read here. I could be wrong, as has happened once or twice in my life.

 

Or chicken shit or horse shit too! Anyways, I think shaggie is really cool and I think it really makes for a great earth that folks like him are really thinking and loving deeply about the world and how we can get it right (or left). I just go wacko nuts whenever I read someone say you had to have been there or you'll never understand. It says to me that me that even though we are in some deep shit nowadays, people aren't doing and appreciating all the wonderful things that are happening now and yes, grew out of the profoundness of the sixties revolution.

Shaggie, keep on shagging! The sixties is etched in the holograph of the cosmos. It will never die.

Trickster, how do you now like my grammar and commas?

 

Somebody asked before how it is to be young today. I'm young, it's not that bad. Like anything else it has it's ups and downs. One good thing about my generation (kids from there late teens to mid 20's) i would say is we've grown up around more diversity, at least here in new jersey i have. Theres no more innocence like there was in the 60's. Growing up in the 90's i've seen pretty much all types of people you can see, and grown accustomed to it. And as a result most of the people around here dont judge people just by their appearence and way of life. I dont look like most people and my values are probly way differnt but i get along with almost everyone, even if i'm at a party with mostly college kids or jocks i dont get made fun of i usually get greated by a hand shake and a "hey man whats up." Kids today are actually pretty damn good with celebrating peoples differences. It does seem not to many kids today are too much into politics or care much about working for big corporation and whatnot (although over the last few years that has changed a bit). I dont know many people my age who are supporters of this administration in office today, but alot of kids are kinda the opposite as kids were in the 60's, instead of feeling they can change the world, i here alot of people say "i'm just one person i cant make a differnce" which does suck. Its kinda like they want to, they just don't know they can or dont know what to do to do it. With the parents thing, i'm close to my parents, most of my friends are too. Most of our parents grew up in the 60's and 70's so there pretty cool people. I know alot of kids who are down the middle, it's seems most people (including myself) are having a very hard time figureing out what were gonna do with our lives. Personally i dont care about making much money, i just wanna do something that makes me happy. Most kids i know are the same. I dont find many that are just looking to get rich. Wow this is getting long, i dunno what else to say about my generation, if i think of more or if anyone wants to know anything else about people my age dont hessitate to ask.

 

yeah i don't know to many people who are that into politics, you ask my friends about politics and they will say bush is an ass and then might be able to list examples. i think the internet is a big part in educating people today. if your on here chating to friends or whatever you are bound to read a few aricles every once in a while. the only thing bad i have to say about people i know is the obssesion with money and the materialism..

 

Not to many people around here are to materialistic though. Or if they are, they are with themselves, like they'll where brand name cloths and always try and be a little trendy, but they dont judge people who are the opposite. I'm the opposite and i have alot of friends who are quite trendy, we get along fine. My friends are all in their 20's though it's probly a bit differnt with kids in their mid teens, it'll change in a few years. I think the big thing with kids in their teens right now is the whole emo trend. It's like their trying to be differnt but it's the trendiest thing right now so there really all the same. There nice kids though.

 

No hard feelings, Molly. I'd rather people get upset about something they believe in. At least I know it means something to them.

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----Chloeraine-You are right here' right now' and make the most of your time here on Earth-Look ahead and ask "What can I do to make this a better world?"-You have many projects to choose from and your generation needs to make yourselves seen and heard. you could start by possibly using Greenpeace for your isp.-support ecology not aol-good luck and you look like a beautiful lady inside and out-

 

Good Stuff Joe-A few other things that come to mind was that the laws were much different then now-acid was legal till 67 yet one joint in Texas could get you a life sentence-Even in liberal California you could do serious time for pot-Not until it got real popular around 66' did the law look the other way-I was sent home in high school because my hair was too long. They said if I didn't cut it ; I would'nt be goin across the stage at graduation and they would'nt put my picture in the yearbook!-I did'nt cut it but got my diploma but off stage-lol-And this was 1967 15 miles from San Francisco! So; my point is that the early 60s were not like the late 60s-and the rest of America was not like San Francisco-me and my buddies found that out the hard way. We thought we'd take a road trip East in a beatup old woody in 66''. We had 4 kilos and no money for gas-we were able to smoke and siphon our way as far as New Mexico-got popped stealin gas' thrown in jail and got my head shaved. So it really depends on where you were at in the 60s to really say how it was. It was great in SF- but lousy in New Mexico. It took the rest of the country a couple years to catch up with what was happenin in San Francisco.It was not real safe to travel alone with long hair and a liberal attitude-good way to get the assed kicked lol.-other then those minor setbacks. all and all it was fun for the most part-

 

"of the future never dream at all
and the past is dead and gone
but be with times that are with thee
and your happiness you will call"

 

I just went to a reggae concert. God, what a breath of fresh air and optimism that music from the late 60s and early 70s was compared with the mainstream tunes about killing prostitutes and white cops. It made me realize even more the sickness that has descended over today's music industry.

That reggae put all in a loving mood. Everyone was smiling and dancing barefoot in the grass and sunshine with each other, blacks, whites, asians, everyone.

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I was on a street called Martin Luther King a while back. Two little girls about ten, one black the other white, were crossing the street hand in hand, eating ice cream cones, and laughing together. I thought about how proud MLK would have been to see what he never got a chance to see. Sometimes I just have to reflect on these things.

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That's all we need today is a group of callus people drawing lines in the sand between races, propagating songs abusive of women, and tearing down what those before them worked so hard to build, all in the name of making a quick sensational buck.

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robspace2, you were one of the trailblazers. I was only an egg when I first did LSD in May 1969. But, you know, there was such an AIR of new and exciting things happening, the whole country was on edge with the promise of change, everything was so intense, maybe the people in California were already jaded but those of us elsewhere took up the banner of consciousness-expansion and resistance to the Man. That was the best time of my life. I hitch-hiked all over the country in the 3 or 4 years that followed, and everywhere you went there was a head or freak who would give you a place on the couch to sleep and a bite to eat. We all shared what we had, and we all turned on together.

Now what is it like? I've been reading reports of people's experiences at Rainbow gatherings and it saddens me to hear of our sisters being assaulted and raped, and violence, and guns, and all that shit, and it seems like no one wants to take a stand and say, "we are Hippies, and we DON'T DO that shit," rather than babbling on about"well, we all have belly buttons, and, because we all have belly buttons, everyone with a bellybutton is as right as anyone who doesn't have a belly button."

I tell you all, if we don't police ourselves, someone will do it for us, and not in a very nice way. We CANNOT tolerate scammers, rapists, users, thieves, drunkards, or anyone else who seeks to prey upon us. We MUST protect ourselves. We MUST keep the predators away. We MUST become the nation that we have always wanted. We MUST be Hippies.

 

I've noticed this thing too. People today talk as if hippie means an all-inclusive philosophy. For example, if you have an anti-establishment philosophy, then that's sufficient for you to be considered a hippie, even if you are into killing people like Manson's followers. If you kick someone out because they were acting destructive then you are unhippy. Then they keep drawing lines in the sand and try to pit one group against another. Who's hippie and who isn't? "I am but you're not. That makes me feel better."

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I really didn't know how to respond to you other than to say, "you nailed it." Maybe I'm a bit out of touch, but in 69 and 70 the vibe of Hippie was everywhere, and it wasn't about just growing long hair and going camping every year. we truly thought that we could make a difference; stopping 'Nam, liberating Leary, ending racism, feeding and having health care for all citizens, the fundamental right to expand our own consciences, the right to self-determination, SEXUAL freedom, ... and I suppose the big message we tried to send was, "leave us alone."

Didn't quite work our time around, but now, with so many of you being Searchers for the truth ( WhatEVER that is), we olde fucks, who have hidden ourselves away from your commercial depredations, humbly request that you forget that we exist.

 

There should be a hip forums concert, and we can try and get the love revolution back on it's feet and ready for round two!!

 

The world has always been fucked. Remember Vietnem? Im not arguing with you, dont take this the wrong way.