History Mysteries: What did you remember about the Hippies in the 60s? How did you view them?

[balloon buster]

I preferred, and prefer their company to that of the politicians and lawyers and other scum that run this society. I am not a peacenik and was a Goldwater fan although too young to vote in that election. I avoided them as their take on politics was not mine, and I did not want my message or theirs to be polluted by proximity if it became necessary to shoot the President.
There are somethings I will not do, some orders I will not take and some people I will not take orders from. Nixon nearly made the cut on all three. It was that close, and that violent an era. I did, and do, still wish them well.