I used to live in Austin, Tx. That is "Hippie Central." I hate more than anything to see some bitch with hairy armpits, with her nose turned up, shopping at Whole Foods, because that is where they have the 'good' tofu. That shit is beyond me, why someone would go out of there way to put on such a carefree image. They don't take showers and use Pechuli oil to cover up the b.o. smell. "Fuck that, bathe mutha fucka, and wipe that stoned smile off your face." I know that at the end of the day, I want to lay next to my beautiful girl, not some smelly ass hippie that doesn't believe in shaving.
Karma is the gayest thing too. I know lots of people believe in that shit, but good people get shitted on too, even if they are living a "clean" life. The other side of that is, that I can piss on someones face in public and I'm not going to regret it tomorrow...nor when something bad happens to me, am I going to think back and say, "Hmmm, I really shouldn't have done that shit I did, cause now I'm paying for it." This may sound wak, or pessimistic, but "BAD SHIT HAPPENS ANYWAY..."
Don't ever act like because you are trying to be different from everyone else, that you will be better off. Follow someone, but not someone that is part of a nonviolent protest. If you want to change shit, study law, if you want to end war, become an embassador, but don't walk around my America flaunting your beliefs, unless you want them shoved back in your face by someone who you thought would sympathize.
My girlfriends mom was a hippie and she is cool, but they are few and far between.