why are Hippies,whats left of them,so hated?

Question

It seems to me they provided a different philosophy;at least an interesting alternative to viewing values.
And what harm did they really cause?Look at the way we look or better,not look at world situations now.No one can think on their own. You have to check with the news channels and the internet They tell us what is right and wrong.

Answer 1

the sixties generation thought for themselves. They did not take the word of politicians or the media. They took the time to examine the facts of what was going on around them. I just saw an interview that was done with Robert Kennedy in the sixties and he was talking about air pollution, water pollution and the need for industry to be concerned about the environment. Everything he said 40 years ago has come true. It was a wonderful time in terms of people having a free Mind to think.

nowadays if you don't go along with the generalize thinking you are considered an outcast. You have to wear the right clothes, act like everybody else, think like everybody else, and you absolutely have to be a Christian. God forbid you should think any other spiritual teaching could be of value.

All I can say is I wish it was the sixties once again. I'm glad I lived During that time and experienced something people cannot understand today.

Answer 2

Because most people don't fully understand or comprehend what a true "Hippie" actually is & was back in the 1960's! The media took the name & trashed it to make way for the Political agendas of a few people who had the money & power to overthrow what the true PEOPLES FREEDOM MOVEMENT was all about! It morfed into the anti-war, anti-government, anti-establishment, black power, womens rights, gay rights, abortion rights, farm workers rights, etc. ANYTHING BUT WHAT IT WAS ENVISIONED to be by the so-called "hippies" who just wanted to roam the earth & live in freedom & not have to comform to the traditional rules of society. We smoked so much pot & dropped so many pills, that we really couldn't fit into regular society & all we wanted was to just exist in our own little world of free-love & peace. As soon as we joined the "movement", our dreams turned into a nightmare & we were used & abused by those who knew what they were doing. These same people later headed up the UFW & the ACLU & all they really are is just a bunch of radicals of who learned how to abuse the system in the same way that they abused the term "hippie". They were actually just POSERS & they still are. These people just TAKE for their so-called cause & hidden agendas & the people don't get anything from them after the court cases & lawsuits are put in place. OLD HIPPIES NEVER DIE & they don't get rich either, but we know what having true freedom is & that's why we are true Americans who know what the meaning of freedom is. We can spot a terrorist quicker than most professionals & that's why many people hate us!...we are spiritually connected & we just want to stop the people who are destroying the earth & the beauty that we remember. Most of us are now anti-drug & are trying to stop the meth labs & toxic waste dumping that is destroying our earth.

Answer 3

Hippies were the most distinctive and visible segment of the generation that destroyed America: the Baby Boomers. The 'Me Generation' of the 70's, and the tail-end 'Yuppies' of the early 80's also did thier part, but the out of control idealism of the Hippies really personifies what happened.

A generation of spoiled brats with unparrelled opportunities looked at the America they were born into, saw that it was imperfect and decided to tear it down and remake it. Only they never got around to step two.

Answer 4

I love old hippies, but I have mixed feelings on young ones. If you spend time in a college town, you'll see a lot of young people who have adopted "hippy-ness" as just another fashion choice. Being a hippy for many of them isn't about changing the world as much as it is about buying hippy clothing and music and accessories ... which completely misses the point.

Being a hippy for young people nowdays seems like it's mostly an excuse to skip class, smoke up and play the f-ing bongos on your porch until 4 in the morning.

Answer 5

It's ironic but Hippies get a lot of blame for alot of things that had absolutely nothing to do with them. You can see it in the posts that answered your question. They blame Hippies for rising crime since the 60's instead of blaming lack of opportunity and lack of parenting skills by parents of the criminals. They blame them for lazyness, when in fact they were not about being lazy at all. Many of them left the cities and formed communes and worked the land. Ironically, communes are actually a very traditional American lifestyle started since Jamestown. That's how people survived the prairie, the wilderness and survived harsh environments. Hippies are blamed for drug addiction in this country, when in fact the people who were the first hippies were doing drugs to open their consciousness and their connection to the world. There was a philosophy behind it. Today people simply do drugs to escape and to 'be cool' and then find themselves caught up in it because they aren't individuated enough to have control over the drugs and not the other way around. There is no spiritual componant today to drug experiences. It's sad but Hippies just believed in peace. Peace was a large part of their vocabulary. They were trying to find another way of being in the world. They were trying to make another kind of world, where you weren't a slave to your job and all the material trappings that came with it. It's called sharing. Something we used to teach our children and something we used to believe in as a country. That word PEACE that they tried to spread: that radical word that many people find so threatening. Especially the brain washed people who follow the voices of the military and the authoritarian parts of our culture.

Answer 6

Many people have built their lives on such shaky philosophical grounds that anyone who challenges their thinking is infuriating. How dangerous is it to hear that your pursuit of materialism is superficial, antiChristian, and ultimately dissatisfying? The truth will set you free, but sometimes you must walk in doubt. Many cannot tolerate this.

Answer 7

They're hated? By whom?

I look upon any remaining hippies as naive and irrelevent, but I don't hate them.

Answer 8

Hated primarily because

WE WERE RIGHT ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR

and some people hate being wrong and hate everyone that was right

The mentality of the above poster is what caused the movement in the first place

Using the logic of the poster below we would still be in Vietnam
(instead of being in Bush's NEW VIETNAM)

Answer 9

are you really going to generalize everyone but hippies by saying that we all hate them?

Answer 10

That term went out of date 30 years ago ..lol