I don't know what happened to my other post but I'll try again. WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF A HIPPIE I like the idea of being a hippie, I wish I were born in the 60's, (I was born in 1984). I am just trying to sneak a little hippie into my soul. lol Tryin to find my idenitity!
The other thread was removed- "huh?" is not a descriptive title. This one is marginally better though it really doesn't describe the post. As for the topic- I avoid labeling myself and would rather not excessively subject the term "hippie" to my own definition- but to me a true hippie is a free thinker- which to me disqualifies most people- including self-described hippies... as they've restricted their thinking to what they assume to be hippie. A true hippie will defy definition. It's really not something you consciously adopt- it's something you either are or are not.
I like your reply. Thanks for giving me a heads up on how to title my threads. Also, I like that... a free thinker. Okay another question... would a "true hippie" have lived through the 60's or are there really new generation hippies?
if you're worried as to whether you're a hippie or not, or if you care if you are, then you're not. kind of like being 'cool' in elementary school.
Your questions seem to be based on the premise that anyone can affix a definition of what a hippie is. To me that stretches it a bit but ironically furnishes a basis for a reply. Since I cannot affix a specific definition I must assume that there is not a time critical factor either which means you could have a true hippie born any time- before or after the 60's. The key is that the person in question wouldn't care about the label- would most likely not define him/herself as a hippie. Again, a hippie just is. It's not like a religion that people can convert to.
I get what you're saying.. I'm not wanting to "convert" or anything... I know I can't. lol Also I'm not worried about weather or not I am a hippie. I just want to be who I am.
I don't even know, what IS a hippie? And if it's a person who is peaceful and 'one with the world' then why must we label that? Why can't normal people have those traits without saying they are a hippie? I really hate labels...
The label "hippie" was thought up by the press and described only what the media thought it meant. I lived through the 60s in Canada and in San Francisco and I never met anyone who called themself a hippie. In the counterculture, "hippie" was a term of derision and ridicule. We called someone a hippie if they were trying too hard to be cool. We were who we were and we are still who we are and I don't see any need to define that. We called ourselves freaks, but I should think that each person would give you a different reason why.
I think the label alone is stereotypical and that annoys me. People can have the characteristics that may come under the label without needing to call themselves that.
