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AnIndependentTexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:14 PM Original message |
What is it that the hippie's did right? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. They perfected tie-dying. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
87. We were passionate... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. make love not war |
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Branjor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
75. What if they gave a war |
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methinks2 (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. The will to stand up for what is right, |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
79. "Hell, NO, we WON'T GO!!! (say it again) Hell, NO, we WON'T GO!! |
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Hog lover (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:33 AM Response to Reply #79 |
88. It's time to dust off the old anti-war tunes of that day. eom |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Better living through chemistry |
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Soopercali (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Basically, they generated 50,000 dead soldiers. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. "Basically, they generated 50,000 dead soldiers." |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. huh? I always thought LBJ and Nixon were the generators? |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. WTF???....sniff.....sniff |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. Please clarify |
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Lone Pawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
78. Hippies generated dead soldiers? Are you a freeper or what? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
90. Peace is war. Those who fight for peace create war. (nt) |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. WEED! |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. figured out how to make a grass pipe from a tobacco pipe |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Or cut a small hole |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Apples and Tampax here. nt |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Nothing! The are all fat cat old folks now! |
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No Mandate Here. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Watch it, Bub. We might be your parents! |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. And I might be YOURS!!!!!!!!! |
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No Mandate Here. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. That would make you as old as my mother, or nearly anyway! |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Early seventies here. |
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No Mandate Here. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. It would be biologically possible, as |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Hi Mom! |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Hi sweetie---You can run but you can't hide!!!!!! |
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Democracy Died 2004 (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. wrong we didn't all sell out. n/t |
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kohodog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
85. Right On |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. You might be surprised after saying something you don't know |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. I know you are |
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Coyul (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. HYDROPONICS!!!!!!! |
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Coyul (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Oh and another thing.... |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
92. Best bud in the West |
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Hog lover (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. For one thing, they were very anti-establishment, so |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. my husband is an old hippie. Here's what they did WRONG: |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. The saying from Timothy Leary went |
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Raenelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. No more than most youth |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
61. I believe that's "drop out".....(n/t) |
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lasttrip (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
69. think its "drop out" but my hippie mind is gone. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. there is much to learn from their triumph's and their mistakes |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. The hippies were good people. |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I knew an awful lot of the dumb pot smoking cliches |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. But were they really hippies? |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. same thing |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
70. I do, Ches... |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. their were many who came for the "free love and drugs" cliche |
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Ironpost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
56. 56 and still a hippie |
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lasttrip (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
67. most still are. thanx Drweird. |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. really though, it was a whole change of culture |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. i think they discovered you can't change the world |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. I agree with you. |
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teach1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. We did a lot wrong... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. They knew our society had to change from one that favored |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. Free love, man. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. Let men carry a bag! |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. They changed out country |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. This is what I learned from my hippie parents |
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PoiBoy (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Thank you for the excellent post... |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Wow! Great post! I remember this: Question Authority |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
72. Question authority |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. BRAVO !!! |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. That sums up what I learned from my hippy parents too |
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lasttrip (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
68. thank you. thoughtful post. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
71. Teach Your Children Well..you have excellent parents! thank them for me? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
77. Can you convince your folks to run for Congress? n/t |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #77 |
91. Nope. But I might someday. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
81. Damn! I'm a hippy and didn't even know it! |
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sr_pacifica (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
82. This is the winning answer. Well said. |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
93. Thanks again for bringing me to this post |
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Mabel Dodge (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. Thank God the 60's happened..... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
63. Maybe we have the 60s revisited to |
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sr_pacifica (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
84. I so agree with your post. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. There was a generation, united by common experience.... |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. We created a culture that made peace and humanity a priority |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. if all the hippies cut their hair |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. He ain't heavy, he's my brother - Graham Nash |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
41. We were always outspoken and not afraid |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. They were not enslaved by credit cards. n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. We took over Vermont |
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juliagoolia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. The involved the musicians like Eminem and others |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. What gave hippies power was sheer numbers. |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
57. My suggestion would be to google SDS & Tom Hayden... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. The Way of the Hippy..... |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
60. I wish I had a dime for every time a stoned "hippie" told me, |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
64. We put daisies |
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gratefull4u (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
73. I was not a hippie but a flower child, remember them? |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
74. My mother was/is what you'd call a "hippie" |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
76. 75 MILLION youngsters came of age and we marched for change!.... |
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sr_pacifica (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
80. Challenge the status quo n/t |
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sal (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
83. Hippies know the most important thing is freedom. |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
86. SIT DOWNS |
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Ironpost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
89. Peace, love, tolerance, |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
94. Hippie- |
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