[Vision2020] " Death of Hippie" March: Haight-Ashbury 1967 Re: The Most Hippie Town In All 50 States

[Ron Force]

The most "hippie" town in Washington? Olympia, just because Evergreen State
College (forgetting that it's the state capital).
Bunch of nonsense. Clickbait.

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA


On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:27 PM Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hippie: a ridiculous stereotype, as dehumanizing and as much  a violation
> of the pursuit of individuality and ideological freedom of thought, as
> "redneck," "white" vs. "black" culture, "liberal" vs "conservative," "male"
> vs "female" personality etc., another box into which we can confine people
> for the sake of easy distorting definitions of who or what we are, pursued
> by some for the sake of marketing and manipulation of public opinion...
>
> Need I go on?
>
> Some in the Haight-Ashbury district in 1967 apparently agreed at least in
> part with this assessment:
>
> Comments below from website below:
>
> http://theava.com/archives/15346
>
> Death Of Hippie
>
> *by John Wester*, April 26, 2012
>
> "Organized by the Diggers
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diggers_%28theater%29>, residents of
> Haight-Ashbury marched through the streets in early October, 1967, carrying
> a coffin to symbolize the “Death of Hippie.”
> -------
> "The protest was against the commercialization of the hippie movement, or
> the notion that it was a “movement” at all.
> The Diggers maintained “hippie” was a phenomenon created by the media. The
> residents wanted the media out of Haight-Ashbury."
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 3:06 AM Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
> wrote:
>
> Courtesy of *Thrillist* at:
>>
>
>>
>> https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-hippie-towns-united-states-of-america
>>
>> ———————————————
>>
>> THE MOST HIPPIE TOWN IN ALL 50 STATES
>>
>> *IDAHO*
>>
>> Stanley
>>
>> Like country mouse and city mouse, mountain hippie and city hippie are
>> very different animals. City hippies are drawn to music, art, and culture,
>> while mountain hippies gravitate to outdoor recreation, remote locations,
>> and blissing out in nature. Nowhere is this more evident than Stanley, a
>> tiny town in the Sawtooth Mountains that abounds in biking, climbing, and
>> Snake River rafting. When the residents are done being guides and explorers
>> they spend the evenings drumming their hearts out and relaxing in local
>> bars. And while it’s not exactly Santa Cruz north, in Idaho it’s as hippie
>> as they come.
>>
>> ———————————————
>>
>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>>
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