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Abaya, hippies are conformists that followed a trendy movement from the 60's in an effort to be non-mainstream but became mainstream by following the trend. Most outgrew being hippies and are now yuppies. The negative connotations derive from stereotypes of hippie behavior - lack of hygiene, laziness, being fake, hypocritical, following the crowd, protesting because it's trendy, trying to force their ideology on others etc, etc.
I vehemently disagree that Mac users = hippie. I am a mac user and no way in hell am I anywhere near a hippie. I work for a living, bathe regularly, do not try to force my views on others, etc etc.
The liberal label has been abused. Hippies are not liberal, the more extreme believe in communes etc which is antithetical of liberal ideology.
Thomas Jefferson was NOT a hippie, he was a libertarian (big, big difference). Neither was Ben Franklin.
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