Damn Dirty Hippies

[n2doc]

By Mary Kelly


Hippies, Drugs and Promiscuity
Labin
1972

Dig the groovy cover? I do.

This is sort of a tell-all about the crazy world of hippies. In the context of this book, “hippy” generally refers to those folks that “reject the values of the established order.” However, they aren’t Communists (because they are too lazy to organize), or atheistic Marxists (because they like spirituality). They also aren’t cynical, like Beatnicks. They are different, because they embrace the use of “mind-bending chemicals.” (In this book, alcohol is not considered a “mind-bending chemical.”) I get the feeling that this somehow makes the hippies worse than these previous anti-establishment folks.

Labin gives everyone from the establishment a pretty good scare about those out of control kids. It reads like Richard Nixon lecturing on morality, sex and drugs. Every societal issue/problem is probably the fault of the hippies. If you are my age or older, you probably have heard most of these arguments from the older generation. It is an interesting read from a historical perspective and does belong in a collection somewhere.


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[Turbineguy]

1. I never knew they were

that interesting!

[hobbit709]

2. What was that book review that stated there was too much space between the covers.

[rug]

3. Arlington House was a trashy rightwing publisher before it folded.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_House_Publishers

Another gem they published was Panics & crashes : How you can make money out of them

[armed_and_liberal]

4. Sex on a cross?

Damn I missed that one I don't recall this book, but I remember the tabloids like the National Enquirer would publish these crazy made up stories of Hippie atrocities against god and society that my step dad would read(and believe). I 'm sure he slept better when I finally moved out of the house