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Why I honestly LIKE liberal hippie types (no sarcasm)
I honestly like liberal hippie types for the following reasons. NO, I am NOT being sarcastic. I feel our government should be about 60 to 70% conservative, but the liberal hippie types have their place and role to fill and they do it well. Here is why.
1. Muckraking…Sometimes exposing an issue to the press is the only way it can be brought to the public’s attention.
2. Music…A good tune just can’t be beat, regardless of its message. “Eve of Destruction” & “Change the World” are just a few examples.
3. Hippie Chicks…Right up there in the sexiest chicks list. The long straight hair, long dresses, little leather purses, headbands, and light fluffy tops. God bless America.
4. Medical MJ…I hope one day to be able to take this for my constant chronic pain instead of the crap I have to take now that is slowly putting me in the grave. They are at the forefront of these efforts.
5. Art…some really outstandingly beautiful works of art are created by them.
Every society needs a balance of ideologies. They provide this.
I just wish the liberal hippie-types of today were as tough as the ones of the 60’s. Those guys took tear gas, redneck beatings, and all manner of other crap and came out on top. They did not need safe rooms, and were not “traumatized” and in pain when they read a campaign slogan from the opposition. They had much thicker skins and that is why their movement gave us a few things like personal computers, and the internet.
This is of course, just my own personal opinion and means as much as it cost you to read it. I just wanted to share it with you and seek your comments.
I may not agree with all your particular points, but I do agree with the over arching sentiment / thought, in which the left end of the political spectrum does have positive contributions to make.
It's just that they need to be convince them that many of their public policies are disasters just waiting to happen (not to say the right end of the political spectrum doesn't have their own disasters - they do).
Balance, Ying / Yang, this is the most important. Recent years the left has been yanking hard to the hard left. Time for a rebound back to more the middle.