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Without the poetry, I want to give a shout out to the hippies of days long past. Oh how liberalism has changed and maybe those on both sides of the aisle miss you.
The original hippies were into their psychedelic stuff, yes, but at least they could speak properly without getting emotionally wound up. More importantly they would listen and debate all people from all walks of life and experiences and not trash your car or banish you for not referring to them by the proper pronoun.
Hippies of old wore their sandals and flowers in the their hair, but they didn't need Safe Spaces. You could meet them on any hilltop, sit in a circle and shoot the breeze. From arguing politics and The Man, to the questions of Utopian world peace or the cosmos. You might have disagreed with their long hair and their constant use of the word "groovy", but at least you could shake hands at the end of a good debate and leave their circle without fear of being attacked or worse, them trying pushing for constructed laws and rules designed to silence you.
The liberals in 2018 are light years behind their brethren. They've lost their way. I am guessing the hippies of old who would have argued and fought for much of what those in California "fight for", such as immigration issues and addressing poverty, would have been more influential and better appreciated today when contrasted with the alt-left and so-called liberals.
So here is an Ode to the Hippy. Never thought you would be missed.
The original hippies were into their psychedelic stuff, yes, but at least they could speak properly without getting emotionally wound up. More importantly they would listen and debate all people from all walks of life and experiences and not trash your car or banish you for not referring to them by the proper pronoun.
Hippies of old wore their sandals and flowers in the their hair, but they didn't need Safe Spaces. You could meet them on any hilltop, sit in a circle and shoot the breeze. From arguing politics and The Man, to the questions of Utopian world peace or the cosmos. You might have disagreed with their long hair and their constant use of the word "groovy", but at least you could shake hands at the end of a good debate and leave their circle without fear of being attacked or worse, them trying pushing for constructed laws and rules designed to silence you.
The liberals in 2018 are light years behind their brethren. They've lost their way. I am guessing the hippies of old who would have argued and fought for much of what those in California "fight for", such as immigration issues and addressing poverty, would have been more influential and better appreciated today when contrasted with the alt-left and so-called liberals.
So here is an Ode to the Hippy. Never thought you would be missed.
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