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Way of the Hippie

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What exactly is a hippie? This has been a topic of debate for decades, along with many other questions. Some say it is the way people dress, behave or live their lives. Others classify rock 'n' roll fans, drug users, vegetarians, those with radical political and social views and even just plain nice people as hippies. How do we know which one is right?

Hippies have been around for thousands of years and every single one of them is different and special in their own little ways. The core of the hippie philosophy is the belief in peace as a way to resolve differences among people, idealogies and religions. The way to peace is through love and tolerance. Loving means accepting others as they are, giving them freedom to express themselves and not judging them based on appearances.

Love and freedom is easy to give to another person. Those who give hate will always get hate back, but hippies understand that those who give love will not always get love back. In this world, freedom is being traded for security and money. Some hippies, to and extent, reject the 9 to 5 lifestyle and the freedom they have is the greatest threat to any system in which control equals power.

Some say that a hippie on the internet is also a hypocrite! Some hippies reject consumer technology; some reject the internet specifically because it is a way for the system to spy on them! As long as people believe that the way to solving their problems in life is through peace, love and tolerance, they will be hippies by definition!

If you wish to join, simply add us to your friends list and we will add your avatar to our list of hippies. We may occasionally contact you about all things hippie. Until then, get to know the other hippies and spread the word to others!

Peace and love!
- Congregation of Deviant Hippies
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Ok,So I Don't Really THINK Of Myself As A Hippie But Let Me Ask This: If I Am Very Tolerant Of Different People And Am Very Vocal About Social Injustices (Or Any Injustice For That Matter) But My First Instinct Is To Solve Conflict With Anger,Am I Still A Hippie? See,Thing Is I AM A Very Tolerant Person When It Comes To Differences (To The Point That I Have Many Trans Friends,Likely Because They Know I Won't Judge Them Since I Don't CARE If They Are Trans Or Not,Just Like Pretty Much Everything Else) But I Also Have BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder),So That Means That I Am Also Fairly Hostile By Nature And Anger Very Quickly/Harshly. It's Normally Pointed At People That Kinda Have It Coming Because They Are Filthy Racists,Sexists,Homophobics Ect But The Fire Burns HOT. So To Go Back To My Question: Do I Count As A Hippie,Despite All That?