The Pros And Cons Of The Hippie Movement

However, despite the negatives, the movement did have several really positive outcomes. Individuality was a major key in that era. “If I am scorned and called dirty because I allow hair to grow on my face and my head, then so much the better, for by this I indicate the seriousness of my belief.” (”Hippie Subculture”). Confidence in being who you are also increases the value of one´s life, which the hippies noticed and believed in strongly. Another one of their well known goals was to bring light and gain awareness in the world about different important conflicts. As Ann Taylor recalls, “The hippie generation is not just drugs, sex and rock and roll, as we all can attest to. What I truly love is that we were involved politically, back to earth. We care about nature, we
This is significant because it tells how they really were concerned with the political aspect in the world and were actually protesting for good reasons rather than doing it just because they could. They really did have intentions behind their actions. Most people will argue that the drugs were nothing but a bad thing, but that is not entirely true. They were not doing it to intend harm in any way, that was just one of the unusual ways that they expressed themselves and explored their minds deeper to reach a higher awareness about the world. Even though it was abused sometimes, it wasn't as big of a deal as the government had made it out to be, if anything, that only fueled them to do it more (“Hippie Subculture”). This generation was also known as “the flower children” because of how they spread love and kindness throughout communities as well. ¨Hippies were helping poor and starving people. They believed that people should share resources among each other to create equality and it was opposite to the government policies." ("Hippie Subculture"). This goes to further show how their personal beliefs reflected a truly positive vibe and their intentions were really to help in any way