Reasons why I never can be but always will be a hippy:

I just go with the flow really, I was first called a hippie by someone I didn't know, and it interested me in finding out more about the culture. I fell in love with it all, it all seemed to explain why what i thought seemed different to other people. Admitting to myself, and visibly showing others that I am a hippie has really helped me to develop, mature and become my own person. I have a lot to thank the sixties for!

 

Don't we all

 

You're a hippie if you want to be a hippie. Maybe the term 'hippie' is a prejudice itself. It kindof describes a stereo type (i.e. Long hair, tye dye, veganism, nudism etc. etc.) But its really what you make of it yourself. We all have our own idea's about things but we share one thing; Peace (and love) around the world! Its really what you want it to be, as long as it includes peace, No one ever made rules about whar you must wear, think or act like. No one ever made a "How to be a hippy". Well maybe someone did, but thats just bullcrap.

Be yourself, thats all that you can do!

peaceloveandtea

 

i dunno about this whole rule thing. and then again I don't really agree with labels either. If you want to call me a hippie go for it. I'm not saying I don't call myself a hippie but I don't think there should be rules in being one nor should someone be judged for it.

 

damn hippies

 

It actually seems that I have opened a cool conversation about rules certain groups put on themselves. I'm sure there are people in this forum who have limited themselves because what they wanted to do because it wasn't "hip" or "cool". There are also moral fights with oneself and one's group identity (like my patronage of corporations) that I expressed, that I'm sure are not limited to me.

After noticing your comments, I realized what it could mean, and I know my stupid little list didn't really cover it. I really just thought I was going to get a few views, some replies reading nothing more indepth than "cool". So, thank you for the deep thought inspiration!

Oh, just a couple comments:

Seeing you're so curious, it took me about five to ten minutes. And, apparently you cared on some level, seeing that you took the time to open, read, and reply to it.

Thank you for your support. I know it was minor, but I did not expected to be critized for my list. I appreciate your kindness.

Peace and Love to all of you (Mr. Mojo Risin', too!).

 

A hippie is just a free-thinker.
You seem to be one.
As are many of us.
Fuck the rules.

 

My favorite thing is how you said this just a few posts into the thread and people still got all crazy.

 

No, it was actually a rhetorical question.

Like, you see some porn flick with a black dude and go "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, how long is THAT GUY'S cock?!".

I don't really care, you know. Just something you say.

 

my advice is
stop trying to be something
and stop trying not to be something
and just be....

 

my advice is
stop trying to be something
and stop trying not to be something
and just be....

 

I think it's rather sad really. People seem to get her all wrong, she obviously doesn't need advice here at all. Thought it was a great thread at first, I understand where she came from and I never will be or call myself a hippie neither, but yet indeed I kinda am. It's no big deal though.

 

I like that she put "I would rather dance with my niece than go to a protest" on both lists. That's when I understood what she was saying.

 

Hippie.. non-hippie.. doesn't matter. Actions speak louder than words, and words speak louder than labels
Hippiedom is like Buddhism - if you consider yourself a hippie, you are one. There's no dogma, doctrine, archbishops and legislation. No Pope saying "this is correct. That is wrong". The only requirement for being a hippie is the desire to be true to oneself.

 

I agree with what Quoth the Raven said. There are no "rules" for being a hippie. I consider myself "hippie" in some ways, but if you saw me you'd never think so. I like the forums because I can relate to a lot of what is on here. I do a lot of things in my life that could be considered very anti-hippie (I'm a model) but I do what I feel is right for me. That in itself is very "hippie", to go where your soul leads you. I think people put far too much emphasis on the label. I'm not after a label, I just see a place where parts of my life align with others, and that's what I'm after.

 

I agree, people shouldn't get stuck with the labels and connotations of the term "hippie".


For example, many successful modern entrepreneurs such as Mitch Kapor, Steve Jobs, etc., have had brushes with the "hippie" culture. I think, that those experiences propelled them to find and develop their natural talents and abilities that truly helped and transformed the lives of a lot of people.

 

Labels are not bad things; they allow easy identification

of what you would otherwise have to guess about or test to

determine a containers contents. To be effective though,

they have to have clearly defined meanings. A lot of labels

have come to mean so many different things that they are

almost meaningless.


"Hippie" is unfortunately such a label.

Part of the problem is that people

are not products to place. People are not

knowable by labels. That should be

commonly understood, but it isn't.

People like to think in terms of labels

and steriotypes.

I don't fight it. I just choose the least

objectionable label and go with it which,

for me means calling myself a hippie,

but of course I am much more than all

that silly word means.

 

i dont think it really matters you guys there is no set list or way on how to be a hippie a hippies is its own person not set on following a certain set of rules just so they can be classified as a certain type of person in your heart. you dont heave to listen to lennon or bob dylan you just be who you are and hope that other people will accept that if you think you are a hippie at heart coffeedarling than that is all the matters

 

It weren't her rules:

 

I don't know, it's what's in your heart that counts, I have the heart of a hippy, I'm a hippy at heart.

Bustramp