Since when is being a hippie an insult?

So, some punks seem to think that being a hippie is a BAD thing! Can you believe that? Me either. Well, how the story goes, is my dear love was messing around with me so we were joking and making fun of eachother - which is when he called me a hippie, and our other friend did the "OUCH, BUrN" noise. I must have looked confused because he told me, "Hippie is probably the worst insult you could get." I looked at them and said, "Oh no, acceptance, peace and non-violence! I sure am glad I'm not a hippie!" (Obviously facetious.) It made my friend Amanda laugh.. ^^

Anyway -- WOW, what is up with this? Do other punk kids think hippies are so horrible, or is it just where I live??
>.<;;

 

youre not alone, i know what u mean. kids make fun of me all the time as if its an insult. we went over 60's terms and flower child was on there along with thongs (meaning sandals) so they called me flower child and thongs all day long (i wore sandals all through winter and everyone calls me sandals so when they saw that thongs=sandals...) people are lost. i dont know whats wrong with them. if peace and free love are so bad then why does everyone say we need more caring people and less dickheads when they insist on making fun of the kids that are already like this. i really dont know.

 

since the 60s were ova buck.

just be yaself, ill teach ya how dood. bring ova some beers and well shoot some buck, get some venison for dinna. i got a full carton of cigs. if your lucky ill show you my chevy.

 

Punks and hippies seem bred to be tetchy with each other, or in a one way direction, when funnily enough, there seems to be some similar preaching: freedom, non-mainstream music, non-conformity, etc...
Don't let it get to you...

 

exactly, we're all one and life flows on within you and without you

 

no dood.

 

lovejanisandgrace, you have a gorgeous signature! just wanted to point that out... ^^

and of course i won't let this get to me, hah. i just wanted to see if anyone else saw this. i don't think i will ever understand the punks vs. hippies thing, though. ugh.. it makes no sense! >.<

sandal-man, keep rockin the thongs! very cool.. if i wasn't so attatched to my combat boots i would totally be there. ^^ haha.

 

how come i aint gettin no love? ive got the chevy!

 

thanks but your eye in your sig is freaking me out!
and JDubs, im serious when i say your sister stole my thongs! haha

 

*sends love to J and his chevy*

 

howd you know my wife was my sister?

 

haha

Naw but man punk kids are the antithesis of hippies, stereotypically speaking.

But arguably hippies are not all nonviolent...you just have to look the part and talk about change or some shit. Not even that. Its a really broad stereotype. Being called hippie in todays world is a bit of an insult, but I mean if you call a punk kid a punk, that wouldnt do much. Just call them posers and tell them they dont have enough studs on their jackets and they get their clothes from wal-mart or something.

 

awesome D MAN, that was great, and JDubs, lol man and i love your sig pic and Dmans too, i know what u mean dman, people are using the term hippie like it describes everyone that either smokes, wears tie-dye, is liberal, or looks different, etc... but its really not about any of that. if you classified all hippies as nonviolent peace loving nonconformists that love everything and will not fight no matter what then hippie is used way too loosely. there was a seperate thread about something related, it was basically explaining what a real hippie was and they described a hippie better than i can but i got the basics...

 

i means, im a hippie, and look at me... i look like a handsome man!

 

so tell me... which ones you J?

 

the handsome lookin guy

 

man, you see some of these book titles? what a long strange trip its been? memoirs of an ex-hippie? where have all the hippies gone? ok.
1. its still pretty fucking strange and the trip aint over yet
2.if your an ex-hippie you werent much of a hippie to begin with. once a hippie always a hippie. damn conforming bastards...
3.come on! the hippies havent gone anywhere! theyve been here forever (jesus, ben franklin, henry david thoreau...) they just got new name and now theyve got a new look to keep on nonconforming. they didnt go anywhere. a concept cant die...
sorry it just pisses me off...

 

yea J im still not sure...

 

now hippies from a to z by skip stone was pretty cool, he gets what a hippie is but you can read it for free online.

 

man who wants to fight? bareknuckle real man to man!