Post #487935 by drgoat456 on Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:03 AM

John-o,
I've got to take aliitle bit of exception to your post. I was born in 1950 & did my teenage years in the '60s. Most of the so-called 'hippies' that grew up in Tucson,AZ. were not really hippies. Sure, we had long hair & smoked weed, but we dressed more like cowboys (more Buffalo Springfield) than like hippies. I knew maybe one or two real hippies (the kind that people seem to hate these days). Me and my group, like alot of teens in Tucson frequented (sp) Kon Tiki almost every weekend. My first drink, inside a bar, was there. We went to LA, lots of times and saw 'real' hippies, so maybe my viewpoint is skewed. I think more than hippies, was that disco crap that undid tiki more than hippies. In short, John, I trying to understand why people hate hippies so much nowadays. It seems like they were a big threat to 'conservative' thought, so conservatives spend a lot of time making sure everyone hates hippies these days. They played a part in forming the music we all seem to like now. I may be off base, but the kind of hippies in that pic were few and far between, from my viewpoint. Most of us were Beach Boys, Beatles, Doors, Buffalo Springfield, etc, etc. kind of kids. Just having a good time.