"Hippy Jobs"

[Daniel S]

Alright Roxanne I wasn’t going to say anymore about the Hippie thing, but I can’t let that last statement slide.

You put, I don't know all of the politics next to, As DrTandem mentioned most of equate the word free with Hippies. Well, Mr.DoctorUpHistoryAs He See’s It, also said that the Hippies were Communists They were not. And I am here to defend them.

The hippie event was not a political movement. It was more a Lifestyle or Philosophical approach to life that came about because of the existing political system at that time. They camped together in forests sometimes and shared a whole floor of apartments sometimes but it was not an organized effort like the kibbutz communes in Israel. They still had their own possessions like everybody else, they just shared them a lot. They never voted as a block, they voted for the best person from any and all parties.

DrTantrum said the Hippie Movement failed. But it had nothing to do with success or failure. The Hippie factor was a very Successful Wing of all of the Forces in play that changed the crumbling foundations of a Rigid Society that was in the process of collapse, namely the Establishment as it existed at that time.

Please understand, the Establishment as it existed at that time said through its practices: That Blacks in the South can’t vote and their schools are segregated. That Blacks in the North were not allowed equal opportunity to work. It also said that Women both White and Black cannot have equal opportunity at jobs anywhere in the US. It said that Police are allowed to beat up citizens if they like. It said that if a white male has long hair, he can be refused employment. It also said that if the US chooses to wage an immoral war on peasants, who never did a thing to us, in a jungle 7000 miles away, then the young males of the society must go and kill the peasants. The main thing the Establishment said is that there is no political system in place that will right any of these wrongs.

So the Hippies joined forces with the Blacks, the Women, some of the Soldiers, the Professors at Universities, the Students, and any other Free Thinker; and together they set about changing the System for the better. Hippies along with the other forces believed in a True, let me repeat it, a True American Dream where everybody gets to participate, not just a chosen few.

The Hippies did not agree with Johnson a Dem. or Nixon a Pub. The two fear-mongers who wanted to stop the Dreaded Domino Effect that never came about even after we were defeated in Vietnam. I hope you know what the Domino Theory was.

This Theory, the Domino Effect, turned out to be the Dumbo Effect. Those two clowns ended up getting a lot of people killed over the Boogy Man in the Closet, much the same as the Bushy Boys are doing right now.

So if you still agree with DrTantrum that Hippies were communists then that’s your choice. It’s like Paul Simon said in a song. “All lies in jest, till a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest”

Here’s a little side note that most of you don’t know; In 1965 if you wanted to enter Disneyland as a tourist and the length of your hair overlapped the collar of your shirt, you were refused entry. That may seem like no big deal to people with short hair, but switch it around and say; “no entry to people with brown hair.” The policy with the hair length existed in almost all of the factories and business offices of employment in this country at that time. If you had a beard, there was a good possibility that you were a communist.

Now as for Hippies being, as one person quoted above, unwashed cuddly refugees…

Hippies loved to bathe, especially with each other. Male and Female and they were not ashamed to do it in groups. When the Rigid Shocked Society heard of this, they just knew in their nasty little minds that Hippies must be having sex in the showers at the new Co-Ed Dorms that they had instated in the universities.

I knew a beautiful girl once who stripped off her clothes in Century City Calif. and jumped in the main fountain there. I followed suit and I have to admit my mind got blown when a few people stopped their cars and jumped in too. No my friend, Hippies weren’t afraid to bath. We could do it at the drop of a hat, or a pair of drawers, which ever got flung off first.

Next time you think of the word Hippie, think free thinker. Think Free Thinker Think.
Daniel S

[bruwmac]

Agreed. Hippies were not communists.

But, let's not lead folks to believe they were an organized and cohesive group, either.

The over-all legacy of the Hippie movement was the addition of a nail in the coffin of moral values.

Please don't think I'm talking about "them". I'm as guilty as the next Hippie.

Sex, love, dope isn't a message to pass along to our kids.

The good news is, short of dying, its never too late to repent.

Blessings all around.

*If you can remember the '60's/'70's - you weren't there*

[bj]

Daniel S, I, for one, am glad you're on this forum. I wish you had been around for the Great Net Neutrality Debate . . . of course, if you're so inclined, you can probably find the (many) threads involved.

[Peter (IMC)]

from: hippie: Definition and Much More from Answers.com

...defined a hippie as someone who "dresses like Tarzan, has hair like Jane, and smells like Cheetah"....

Of course the above is not to be taken too serious!!!!

Another quote (the serious one):

A person who opposes and rejects many of the conventional standards and customs of society, especially one who advocates extreme liberalism in sociopolitical attitudes and lifestyles.

Conventional standard is that you pay for work done for you. A hippy job can therefore be considered a "do it for free" job,..

I don't know, hippy life seems to easy, to little responsibility and most of all too inexperienced. But at the same time, it was the logical response to the problems in the world. I like it how the world has this tendency to always balance itself. When something gets extreme towards one end, a balancing force always appears. That is sometimes a good thing, and sometimes a bad thing I have to say. Often too many people die when things are out of balance, but I guess that´s just the way the world works.

[roxane]

Yes I are!!! But I always mean what I say...So when are you coming to Canada so we can do free web design for everyone! : ) We'd be a hit!

I think my husband (who is quite a James Bond himself) may have a probem with that, but thanks for the offer



Daniel S, I don't mind you moaning about things I have said, afterall that's your right, but let's not put words in eachothers mouths...I never called anyone a communist. I simply agreed with DrTandem that most equate the word 'free' with Hippies.
Now that you mention it though, 'communist' and 'communal' do share the same root word. You did say hippies like to share...so do communists, well at least in theory. I could be wrong, but I for one believe that sharing is about all hippies & communists have in common though, so, no...I don't think hippies are communists.

[jtracking]

I think my husband (who is quite a James Bond himself) may have a probem with that, but thanks for the offer



Daniel S...Now that you mention it though, 'communist' and 'communal' do share the same root word. You did say hippies like to share...so do communists, well at least in theory. I could be wrong, but I for one believe that sharing is about all hippies & communists have in common though, so, no...I don't think hippies are communists.

See I can see a smarty-pants a mile away...you're very right and the communist ideaologies really aren't that terrible...I think the propaganda may have been worse but...

For the life of me I can't understand how this has turned into a detailed explanation of what a Hippie might be...however...shibber happens...

...and Roxane, YOU and your Husbands!! ; )

[timmathews.com]

I have done a few of these... I still have people wanting me to work thier sites, have a brilliant idea, but just want me to take thier word they will sort me out.
This is tough.
These are m8's, and I want to help them succeed, but on the flipside, how good of a m8 am I to them if they can't drop some ca$h on me and help me help them?