Comments on: What Does the Word ‘hippie’ Mean?

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:50:25 +0000

I like that. Bohemian. Thank you, sedaandneda!

By: sedaandneda

sedaandneda — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:33:36 +0000

A better choice of word to describe you or your life style is: Bohemian. It means someone who is intellectual and creative, and someone who does not see the need to dress or act like everyone else. You are an original!

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:55:25 +0000

Hi Claudia, thanks for sharing your perspective. I agree that extreme
liberalism in politics and lifestyle is an important distinction of
hippies. It actually fits quite nicely into my post on why
Innerpreneuring is not hippie business… http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/index.ph...
. In my mind, to run a sustainable business, one needs to accept that
extreme left views are no less harmful than extreme right views. It's
still either/or, black and white thinking, and that'll kill you every
time.

By: claudia1234

claudia1234 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:12:52 +0000

Hippie is someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:50:25 +0000

Cobus, I did the same. Previous to learning about Cultural Creativity the only word I knew that best described my values was 'hippie'. For a while I thought, I guess that is what I am, though I always knew that I was so much more to me than that simple definition and stereotype.

Tara

By: Cobus

Cobus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:19:33 +0000

Funny, I was just thinking over the past few days that some people would probably consider me and my fiancé hippies, also for lack of a better word. For lack of a better word I sometimes thought of myself using that word, and then immediately knowing that this is not exactly what I mean…

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:49:09 +0000

I couldn't have said it better. The world idolizes change makers such as John Lennon, Albert Einstein and Nelson Mandella for their contributions to humanity and thought, yet at the same time mocks other, less famous individuals for those very same ideals.

What, in the modern mind, turns a 'hippie' into someone to be idolized and revered? When does consciousness stop being a joke to them? I wonder.

Tara

By: deborahbeatty

deborahbeatty — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:27:52 +0000

And what most people don't realize when they're poking fun at some of the tiedyed “Berserkley” attendees is that there are a lot of those folks who have gone on to make some major contributions to the human mind as well as the human condition. It's amazing to me that one of the reasons people “drop out” is that they see how ridiculous the rest of society is with all the rules and should-nots and they have a bigger dream of doing things a different way.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:40:39 +0000

Deborah,

I like your attitude. I agree that it is up to us to interpret the meaning of the statement. Even though it is often meant maliciously I think we must look at it as a compliment as there is little that the 'hippie' culture has done to hurt humanity. In fact, we have done the opposite, which to me is the saddest thing about people thinking we are jokes.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Deborah.

Tara

By: deborahbeatty

deborahbeatty — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:18:40 +0000

My husband and I also run a business doing hand-dyed clothing. On nice weekends, we're likely to pack up the canopy and set up on a street corner (yes we have the appropriate licenses). It always tickles me to have the local 16-25 year olds who are obviously driving Daddy's truck going by and yelling “Hippie”! at the top of their lungs.

I personally take it as a compliment since I've never known a hippie to start a war or turn their backs on someone less fortunate than they are. I'll take the compliment.