[Vision2020] " Death of Hippie" March: Haight-Ashbury 1967 Re: The Most Hippie Town In All 50 States

[Ted Moffett]

Ha, ha!

La Conner Washington, in the Skagit Valley, might also be a candidate,
given Tom Robbins, author of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues", lives there, or
did.
Talk about cashing in on so called "alternative" or "hippie" culture....
Tom Robbins' books might be considered in this context.

I spent time in La Conner and some the more, how shall I phrase it,
authentic alternative culture personalities were not exactly positive about
Robbins
local presence.

Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
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https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/dropping-in-on-the-cowgirls-dude-tom-robbins/

Dropping in on the “Cowgirls” dude, Tom Robbins



* Originally published September 14, 2008 LA CONNER — Walk into the home of
writer Tom Robbins, in the picturesque waterfront town of La Conner, and
there’s no contest what catches your eye first.-----------------Robbins,
garbed in sunglasses, beige suit and black T-shirt, did not at all come off
as a flamboyant hippie-holdout thrill-seeker — but he does have an
extremely colorful lifetime’s worth of experiences to recount, and
idiosyncratic views to air.*

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:14 PM Ron Force <ronforce at gmail.com> wrote:

The most "hippie" town in Washington? Olympia, just because Evergreen State
> College (forgetting that it's the state capital).
> Bunch of nonsense. Clickbait.
>
> Ron Force
> Moscow Idaho USA
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:27 PM Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
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>> plus 70 years, Ted Moffett.  Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce
>> outside the Vision2020.Moscow.com <http://vision2020.moscow.com/> forum
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>>
>> Hippie: a ridiculous stereotype, as dehumanizing and as much  a violation
>> of the pursuit of individuality and ideological freedom of thought, as
>> "redneck," "white" vs. "black" culture, "liberal" vs "conservative," "male"
>> vs "female" personality etc., another box into which we can confine people
>> for the sake of easy distorting definitions of who or what we are, pursued
>> by some for the sake of marketing and manipulation of public opinion...
>>
>> Need I go on?
>>
>> Some in the Haight-Ashbury district in 1967 apparently agreed at least in
>> part with this assessment:
>>
>> Comments below from website below:
>>
>> http://theava.com/archives/15346
>>
>> Death Of Hippie
>>
>> *by John Wester*, April 26, 2012
>>
>> "Organized by the Diggers
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diggers_%28theater%29>, residents of
>> Haight-Ashbury marched through the streets in early October, 1967, carrying
>> a coffin to symbolize the “Death of Hippie.”
>> -------
>> "The protest was against the commercialization of the hippie movement, or
>> the notion that it was a “movement” at all.
>> The Diggers maintained “hippie” was a phenomenon created by the media.
>> The residents wanted the media out of Haight-Ashbury."
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 3:06 AM Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Courtesy of *Thrillist* at:
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-hippie-towns-united-states-of-america
>>>
>>> ———————————————
>>>
>>> THE MOST HIPPIE TOWN IN ALL 50 STATES
>>>
>>> *IDAHO*
>>>
>>> Stanley
>>>
>>> Like country mouse and city mouse, mountain hippie and city hippie are
>>> very different animals. City hippies are drawn to music, art, and culture,
>>> while mountain hippies gravitate to outdoor recreation, remote locations,
>>> and blissing out in nature. Nowhere is this more evident than Stanley, a
>>> tiny town in the Sawtooth Mountains that abounds in biking, climbing, and
>>> Snake River rafting. When the residents are done being guides and explorers
>>> they spend the evenings drumming their hearts out and relaxing in local
>>> bars. And while it’s not exactly Santa Cruz north, in Idaho it’s as hippie
>>> as they come.
>>>
>>> ———————————————
>>>
>>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>>
>>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
>>> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>
>>>
>>
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