I was thinking that, but I don't know I'd go as far as con artist. I would rank the Smothers Brothers as being closer to the hippy mindset.
Was this really viral back in the day ??!! Then I was lucky enuff as a lil kid to dig into my elder sis's 45 rpm collection and listen to Lucille by Little Richard
He may have been right, but Malcolm X was not a hippie. Extremely conservative in his grooming and dress, strict in his Muslim beliefs, morals, habits, and rituals, an advocate of violent confrontation, a racial separationist, and born in 1925, he doesn't fit the definition of "hippie" in any way. Malcolm X was seen as a threat by much of the U.S. Government, but that doesn't make him a hippie. Ultimately, he was seen as an even greater threat by the Nation of Islam. Being hated by a hate group doesn't make him a hippie.
Who said he was a hippie.....not I. I'm saying he was right. I don't give a damn even he was an alien from Saturn.....I still say he was right. I don't give a shit if he was conservative (which he was not)....I still say he was right.....and I always will say he was right