trend hippies...

i think paying so much attention to whether or not you think someone is "fake" is kinda lame. just do your own thing. if they dig dressing like that and smoking pot, thats their thing. the label is probably just something they get told they are, so they claim it.

in the end, is this really something worth the time to have negative energy in you about?

 

Ah, the irony.

 

I don't really believe that dressing or appearing "hippie" has much to do with the actual personality and attitude of a hippie. I have met plenty of people who do not appear to be a typical hippie, yet have more of the lifestyle, attitude, and personailty than most people who actually attempt to look hippie. Clothing and appearance is just as much of a cover up and is it an identity....Before saying that someone isn't or is a hippie, just take a moment to really talk to them.. then make an educated judgement. First impressions don't mean all that much all the time.

 

There could be a number of reasons they are dressing like hippies. It could be true that it is a trend in their particular group and they are trying to be 'normal' and fit it. They could also be 'real' hippies in the inside and be dressing that way to meet other hippies. They way people dress can be an outward signal to others that they have particular beliefs or attitudes. Like artracts like as they say and they may be interested in meeting people of the same mindset.

You've brought up a good point though. What would happen if being a hippie became mainstream fashion. The gothic look was really popular among teenagers here for a while, loads of metal bands appeared too. I wonder what would happen if it were fashionable to be a hippie. You would get loads of people dressing like hippies but not really understanding who they really were inside. I suppose they are just young. Im going to stop typing now because I have the feeling im not making much sense.

 

most hippies i see in russian streets are like that
i meet true hippies only in summer on nude beaches

 

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I smoke weed just to " Be "
then the rest of the day just easy skanken

 

I agree with what Ripple said, i myself dress more hippie like these days to meet like minded ppl

 

If u have to try , then your not - i dont think i agree with what i jus sed

 

some people just don't understand. you for one do not have to "dress" like a hippie to have the same ideals. and those who do dress you all are right do sometimes do it for fashion. they fucking sell it at the gap and whatever stores. few people at my school are like that. my dad though he does not dress for the part (no need to if one does not want to) has the same ideals and tries everyday to live by them. i help in the process by saying ways he can reduce energy and such. peace and love my brothers and sisters who know what the true frame of mind is. i love you all.

 

I'm a trend hippo. I like to dress up in all gray and fan shit with my tail at tourists!

 

lol ^_^

 

i love yeh pavel.

 

...and I love you!

And always remember to never leave home without what kids?

Hmm? Hmm?

Your charm and your good looks!

 

i dunno the way i look at it all is that i wear tie dye because i like how it looks, i have long hair because i like how it looks, & i beleive in peace because of how it sounds... i have many other beliefs that i won't discuss now, but other people have there's too & to each there own ya know what i mean man. i admit i don't really like the way some people try to act like a "hippy" in the stereotypical form... but w/e if they think they're into it then w/e they can be what the want to.

 

Yes, I find it rather annoying when people think someone is automatically calling himself or herself a hippie because of tie dye clothing. Some people just fancy the look.

 

thats so makes sense. and its awesome to see everones point of view, positive or negative. To put things in a more easier form....
I looked at these people at first glance and thought hey, a group of hippies. i approached and after spending about 45 mintues talking, sharing eachothers point of view i noticed they are absolutely nothing like me, yet almost everone would class us in the same steriotypiacal group, "hippie".
everywhere in society there are always trends. whether its emo, goth, hippie etc.
it just makes me wonder what really makes someone a hippie.
i dont class myself as a hippie, yet everone i meet or am friends with call me one. when someone says "your such a hippie", i usually look at them and say "what IS a hippie?"
it gets them good.
after looking at al of this i can easily say i should have written this forum in a differnt form. hippie is NOT a fashion, its a frame of mind.. a lifestyle.

 

Why not let them be. Hippie for me means respecting others and thier opinions. Wether they are right, libertarian, left, communist, whoever. Love em all I say . If they call themselfs hippies then WELCOME!! to them . I think nobody should go " ah they are posers" or :"your not a real. <fill in subculture>". It is not upto me to judge them in anyway and even less upto me to exclude them in anyway or think bad of them . I am happy that the community is growing. Besides even if they joined for the wrong reasons they still joined and will get to know the culture and the ideas and my be affected with them .

 

A Right-Wing hippie?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...no such thing. And real hippies DO judge. We judge against the chickenhawks that thump their breasts with righteous patriotism as they send our youth to war to protect corporate interests. Hippies judge the greedy capitalist bastards who steal from the poor to give to the rich. Hippies judge those rich assholes who constantly piss on the environment. To all of those who call themselves "hippies" while supporting Bush and his oil-war, or who think corporations have every right to rip off the public, I say: FUCK YOU

 

Well hehe I"m not saying rightwing hippies I said Rightwing ppl. I just don't have any rights to judge em (even though I do all ppl do it is a human thing ). But they have thier opinions and I respect them If I dont I would condone censorship of thier ideas just because they are different from mine and that is an area I never want to go to.

Besides by shunning the right and condeming them (telling them fuck off). You close the dialog and meanings of telling them about your opinion. Yes I don't agree with Bush, but should I hate him for that? No!. Yes I think President Bush resembles a warmonger, but should I shun him then from my conversations? NO!.

I beleive dialog goes over all. Peacefull ways are always better then violence. I beleive if there is a peacefull way out it should be chosen instead of the violent one and feel quite strong about it. But I also know not everybody agrees with me, so forcing them to agree with me would mean a dictatorship one of the things I dispise the most.

(I'm not right wing myself mind you, incase you thought I was ).

 

Sort of like Neville Chamberlain's peaceful solution in 1938? As far as telling people about my opinion, no problem. As far as their respecting and understanding my point of view, big problem. The Ruling Class really doesn't care about my views, or yours either. And, in India, in the Southern United States in the late 50s and early 60s, in the labor strikes in the early 20th century, peaceful protests were often met with violence--violence from the powers that the Ruling Class used to keep in power. I'm all for peace. But I know what we're up against, and I'm not going to waste my time with bozos who aren't going to listen to our point of view.