Help me? Please?

Hello Everyone.
I am a hippie, a young one, but a hippie none the less. But almost everybody calls me a poser. Now really, I don't take their insults personally, I was just wondering what I could do to just stop it. I've tried telling them what a hippie really is, ignoring them to see if its just for their fun, etc. I know what a hippie is too by the way. A hippie, in my eyes, is anybody who loves and cares for each other and nature. Who wants love and peace instead of war and hatred. Yet again, this is through MY eyes. Any serious feedback at all would be appreciated.

Thank you all for your help

eace:

 

so many people are fucked, don't listen to them

 

I don't. But its just the fact that I don't enjoy hearing the word over and over again when I pass down the corridors

 

Let it all roll off your back. You can't stop the insults, comes with the territory. lol. Just show them that you are commited to your life style. After a while they will respect you for stickin to your guns. It's not there job to accept you. It's your job to accept them. Be at peace with who you are and who they are. Follow your own path. And feel good about it. Thats what being a hippy is all about.

Peace

 

Ok , the best thing you can do is to live each day of your life being kind and gentle and showing them who you are by your actions....and soon they will take what you are seriously...but if you get upset and agry and fight with them over their name calling , then they can chide you about peace and love and how you arent a REAL hippie because you dont live up to being one.
It will all be ok.

 

I know. thanks for all of your help guys. But I guess your right. There's no way to really stop it. Thank you all for your feedback =]

eace:

 

People tend to do this when they have a low self esteem, and they try to make others feel worse thinking that will raised themselves up higher. It doesn't work, it just makes them look more like a fool. Just ignore, pretend they aren't there. If you don't provide an audience for them, they will eventually tire and look for someone else to big. If it's any consolation this happens to everyone who different. I have friends who are Muslims who get picked on all the time, and now some girls in strict Amish group, who also get it. People who are thin, people who are fat, gay, too rich, anything that is different, is a target.

 

Exactly epronabri. That's EXACTLY what I was looking for. Haha.

eace:

 

Just LOVE them, and look at this as an opportunity for YOU to grow.

I think that's the hippiest thing you could do. Love them.

:hat:

 

if you are asking then you probably do take it personal or else you would not be writing about it...but anyways just fuck everybody...that is what i usually do...if they take their time to insult you then you make part of their world and are somewhat important to them...why bother teasing you then ?? best of wishes........peace

 

stop calling yourself names, and people will stop, too..

because, whenever you label yourself, you are posing in a way.
so,
stop labeling yourself. live what you believe in.
be patient... and they will see you for who you really are..

 

Back when I had long hair and hung out with the stoners, punkers, metal heads, junkies and hippies, an enemy of mine called me a poser...

The comment stuck with me. Oh well.

Now that I look back on it, I think he was right. I'm not a hippie. Never was. To the contrary. I was a "somewhat" average kid who had a strong common interest. (LSD or anything else I could get my hands on.)
atriot:

My point is... maybe the image you are projecting is being seen as overdone or un-authentic.

If that is the case, consider its possible that what they are saying is true.

Is it?

How much does it matter to you?

If you aren't a hippie or some gradient of one, how else would you define yourself?

 

Just be yourself and dont worry about what others think. It's none of your biz what they think about you anyway. They are only temporary ppl and will be out of your life when you strike out on your own.

 

Yeah, and just overall, be who you are. If they continue, bring it up on them, say that you don't insult their way of life, and they'll lay off.

 

punk rockers, whom I met before I met hippies, threw the word 'poseur' (yes, that is the correct spelling) around as an insult. It seems they weren't the only ones who did it now.
Only you can say whether or not you're a poser. Maybe it's just because you're young and have to grow into yourself yet. That will happen with time.
I was called a hippie while growing up. I had no friends and the other girls all called me a flower child. I don't know why. I was a Trekkie who liked animals and the environment and my Republican mom raised me on health food.
When I became a hippie, my family didn't question it (though they didn't really like it at first but came to accept it) but my first boyfriend, Dave Rahbari, claimed I was a poseur as I was growing into myself, but the truth was, he just didn't want me around anymore and his words were more sour grapes.

 

just be who you are and love yourself. kill them with kindness.

 

Get a job, take a shower, comb you're hair, wash you're clothes, get out of my dumpster, get off the streets, you're a piece of crap, you're mom's a piece of crap, you're dad's a piece of crap, you're grandmother was a piece of crap(granted I was taking insults for cash sign that day).

Don't let anything of that sort get you're spirits down. As long as you're happy, lovin' what you do and lovin' the family, you're a brother in my book. Those that make judgments towards others, are merely hurting themselves by not allowing themselves to grow. People have stubborn personalities, even the most religious of them.

Just continue what you're doing, and show no sign of defense or offense when names do get slung. Be happy for who you are and put love into everything you do.

I get a lot of shit talked to me when I fly a sign, even if it's funny.. some people just don't know how to enjoy their life, so they try to make others feel lesser then them so they feel more important. Ha.. I still get a good laugh when I take an oil bath at little metaphysical shops I find on my ways.. you always have someone that walks by and says "I smell hippie".

 

Fire back at them with well thought out philosophy, and solutions to the worlds greatest problems with peace, love, and togetherness. That's what I did, and now I went from poser to people I don't even know calling me a hippie.

Fuckyesh. <3 Peace.

 

dont go out of your way to express anger because that does not help the situation. Display your confidence and the fact that you are perfectly content with who you are - they cant shatter your self image. let them know that although they dont understand you, its alright with you because... you're just being yourself and you stand behind your values and what you believe in

 

fuck em...well not literally. but i consider myself a hippie too, although i never really say to people i am one. labels mean nothing, just like it should mean nothing when people call you a poser. its just a word. anyway, i dress however i want and believe how i want, and when people say "why do you.." , "why dont you..." i just tell them not to worry about me, im doing just fine living the way i want, and so should you.