On 2009-10-13 09:32, drgoat456 contemplated:
Little Lost,
I was posting in General about this, so I'll just ask you.
Why do people hate hippies so much, these days?
I was never one, but I was a teen in the '60s, had long hair & smoked weed.
Never knew but one or two 'real' hippies, they weren't too bad. Even shared drinks with one in the Kon Tiki here in Tucson back in those days.
So what gives, were we taught to hate hippies by some group that hated them?
Ciao
Great Question drgoat456!
Thank you for giving this thread
the opportunity
to unfold yet another rant...
There are many reasons
here are a few
(note... this is purely the opinion of the spokesman
not the sponsor or the audience or the advertisers)
First off, 95% of people identified as hippies....aren't..
They buy their clothes at may Co. and eat at hip cafes
and imagine themselves tearing down the MAN
by drinking coffee at Dietrich's
instead of StarBucks....
back in the day...
Hippies just did their own thing..
Mistake One for the future conception of hippies
YOU MAY DO YOUR OWN THING as long as you stay within the decent limits of mainstream society...
STRIKE ONE!
back in the day...
Hippies formed collectives,co-ops..
They grew their own food and recreational merriment
They cared for their own animals
built their own homes
made their own clothes
and ....GASP! bartered for product....
Mistake Two for the future conception of hippies
YOU MAY ONLY PURCHASE ITEMS NOT CREATE THEM
Stick within the Corporate parameters
We have a Government to Bloat!
STRIIKE TWO!
back in the day
Hippies spoke out against injustice
in society
in our nation
in our institutions
in our neighborhoods
and viewed a more Spiritual pathway for society to evolve towards
Mistake Three for the future conception of hippies
YOU MAY COMMUNICATE DISSENT but not too loudly
We got a good thing going up here and wouldn't want no crazy longhairs to muss it up...
STRIKE THREE!
But Wait!
There's More!
(you can get 4 extra SHAM-WOWS for......)
The whole Sixties Revolution also brought about new attitudes towards sex and drugs
and these factors changed our musical landscape..
Three things that bring about polarization...
STRIKE FOUR!
the hair and "natural" style of the hippies
also threatened Middle American perceptions
of fashion and flirting
Why date a guy with a flattop
when you can have a man
who would LOVE you to comb his hair all night!
:lol:
STRIKE FOUR!
I could go on and on with answers,but the bottom line is this..
Every group has its bad apples...
it's just that The MAN raises these individuals on a pedestal
for all to see
AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE GROUP...
By besmirching a Group
Certain attributes/attitudes of that group
will be discounted
immediately
and on the surface...
and the MAN will continue
Business as Usual....
Don't mess with the status quo
the groups that hated them
(ie: Conservatives/Military Hawks/Federal,Executive,Legislative branches of gov,/Corporate America)
smeared them
shone the spotlight on the bad apples
and redirected profits back to them..
(ie: fashion "revivals")
Today, Corporate America LOVES the Hippies
but in secret
and in a more homogenized appearance...
By doing this, they quelled dissent for a good number of years
until they could perfect
Sonic Weapons
microwave weaponry
Tazers
Pepper Spray
Riot Gear
Designated Protest Areas
You get it?
Thru a Smear Campaign
against Hippies
they turned us all against
our Right to Freedom of Expression
of Dissent
Just long enough to build the tools
so dissent will no longer be a threat to the MAN!
Hippies showed us a way out
Showed us facts like
for instance....the Federal Reserve is not a Federal Institution
not a CENT of our Federal tax pays for the services we believe they do
(schools/freeways/fire dept/police/etc.)
those are all taxes PLACED on things,like gas/property/etc..
Our Federal tax simply helps pay off the INTEREST on our debt...
the MAN doesn't want you to know these things
but Hippies did
so they were given to the Corporate media
and they dumbed it down into little bits we could undrstand
and blindly accept...
and that's why and who and how the hippies are frowned upon...
I hope that answered your question!
:)
