The hippies were wrong!

So, to wrap up your view:

The hippies were wrong because:

1. Drug use is bad.

2. Sex is bad.

3. Politics that say share the wealth is bad.

4. Violence is good.

5. Only Western religions make sense

6. On wait, Christianity is also bad and that is somehow the fault of hippies likin eastern religions.

7. You don't think that hippies exercised, although they were, on average, far skinnier than the average right wing american is today I assume you would copncede.

8. You don't like tie dye clothes.

You are a true intellectual

I like how you can't even attempt to justify some of these.

On the two main issues of the day, civil rights and the war in Vietnam, the hippies were right and the conservatives (of both parties) were wrong.

UncleB wrote:

7. You don't think that hippies exercised, although they were, on average, far skinnier than the average right wing american is today I assume you would copncede.

Democrats are fatter than Republicans. Look it up.

the hippies were right

The backwards-ass residents of fly-over Dumbf#ckistan are wrong.

Oh great, just what we need....another person who thinks it's okay to smoke marijuana. Nice.

bamam wrote:

Oh great, just what we need....another person who thinks it's okay to smoke marijuana. Nice.

0/10.

clearly the nihilism and lack of a work ethic made the hippy movement very limited in appeal - what subculture can perpetuate itself with lets say an extreme antipathy to doing anything productive, no standards, and drug use?

it was of an era - the breakdown of the 1930-1960 order and the creation of today's more free spirited times. It couldn't survive and was wrong on virtually everything. Except some people made some good friends and had some good times.

Awesome rebuttal. Thanks for a good laugh.Please let me help...

UncleB wrote:

1. Drug use is bad.

"Hippie" drug use is bad. Red blooded 'merican alcohol use is good.

2. Sex is bad.

"Hippie" sex is bad. Although the average age at which a woman bears her first child is older now than ever before in human history, any teenagers having children are the fault of the hippies.

4. Violence is good.

Especially when Joe is married or otherwise related to Jane, because Jane is seven times more likely to be shot by a family member or someone else she knows than to be shot by a criminal.

7. You don't think that hippies exercised, although they were, on average, far skinnier than the average right wing american is today I assume you would concede.

8. You don't like tie dye clothes.

In other words-- it is O.K. to be a pathetic slob with your own body, just not with your clothes.

I knew I'd get responses like yours. That's fine. I know that marijuana is illegal, and smoking it should be punishable. IMO, people who smoke it should be punished...they are not cool or funny or whatever. They are breaking the law and, most likely, are not contributing positively. It's very clear we disagree, which is completely fine.

The hippies were right about a lot of things, but their mistake was that they tried to use the flaws of the current system as a pretext for deconstructing all of civilization. As it turns out, many of their experiments failed, because it is impossible for 6 billion of us to live together without some agreed-upon rules.

bamam wrote:

I knew I'd get responses like yours. That's fine. I know that marijuana is illegal, and smoking it should be punishable. IMO, people who smoke it should be punished...they are not cool or funny or whatever. They are breaking the law and, most likely, are not contributing positively. It's very clear we disagree, which is completely fine.

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agree to disagree. i always wonder this question for those like you who seem to hold the belief that morality/legality are inseparable. when marijuana is legalized in the US within our lifetime, will your viewpoint change?

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bamam wrote:

I knew I'd get responses like yours. That's fine. I know that marijuana is illegal, and smoking it should be punishable. IMO, people who smoke it should be punished...they are not cool or funny or whatever. They are breaking the law and, most likely, are not contributing positively. It's very clear we disagree, which is completely fine.

agree to disagree. i always wonder this question for those like you who seem to hold the belief that morality/legality are inseparable. when marijuana is legalized in the US within our lifetime, will your viewpoint change?

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Yes, my viewpoint will most likely change when it becomes legalized.

agip wrote:

clearly the nihilism and lack of a work ethic made the hippy movement very limited in appeal - what subculture can perpetuate itself with lets say an extreme antipathy to doing anything productive, no standards, and drug use?

it was of an era - the breakdown of the 1930-1960 order and the creation of today's more free spirited times. It couldn't survive and was wrong on virtually everything. Except some people made some good friends and had some good times.

The modern workplace owes itself to the entire hippie movement. When the hippies became yuppies, they brought the notion that restrictive bureaucratic hierarchies and formalities should not be an impetus to creative expression and production. Instead of having 12 bosses who you have to answer, you are free to do what you're good at with little oversight. You don't worry about meeting a deadline because you might get fired, you work hard because you are inspired by what you do. Apple, Microsoft, Google, and about a million other companies use a model that was inspired by the hippie movement. The hippies were the best thing to happen to capitalism since Henry Ford. They removed many of the things that you would consider socialist from the work place (bureaucracy, red tape, restrictions on innovation) and made the work place a much more bearable environment.

I know some cool,funny people who smoke that green.

Example:

Juvenile aka Juve the Great

"I got that fire, I got that fire, Girl holla at a nigga if you want that Oscar Meyer"

Both funny and cool from a man who enjoys illegal substances. I'm sorry, myth busted.

lol!

Best song ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzdvQOXxRD4

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"The modern workplace owes itself to the entire hippie movement. When the hippies became yuppies, they brought the notion that restrictive bureaucratic hierarchies and formalities should not be an impetus to creative expression and production. Instead of having 12 bosses who you have to answer, you are free to do what you're good at with little oversight. You don't worry about meeting a deadline because you might get fired, you work hard because you are inspired by what you do. Apple, Microsoft, Google, and about a million other companies use a model that was inspired by the hippie movement. The hippies were the best thing to happen to capitalism since Henry Ford. They removed many of the things that you would consider socialist from the work place"

This is an absolute hoot! Where are the facts to substantiate these observations. The hippie movement had and has little to do with where the US culture and workplace environment has moved to at the present time. It's a history of Haight-Ashbury,living in filth and squalor and lying around on sidewalks smoking pot and other mind numbing drugs and making a mess of their lives. This was a movement of extreme do nothing, contributing nothing to society and being self abusive. There was nothing constructive about what they did or contributed to society. Don't make it sound any more than what it was. Few hippies became yuppies, most remained a burden on society, not a positive influence for sure....The hippie movement did nothing inspiring....sorry, but your observations are not accurate.