tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090029843660514200.post4997325865692139295..comments2023-04-30T06:43:48.811-07:00Comments on Look What's Happening in Salem: Salem's Strange Reaction to Hippies in EugeneRebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15969325299913040593noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090029843660514200.post-10332257144534986762009-07-20T13:49:00.757-07:002009-07-20T13:49:00.757-07:00I'd have to say in general, yes; whenever I ha...I'd have to say in general, yes; whenever I have mentioned Eugene to the "average" person in Salem, the response is usually some eye rolling and something like, "Oh, god, that place is AWFUL." <br /><br />I don't get it.AMYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333769544724745564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090029843660514200.post-63407873958295607832009-07-06T23:21:58.488-07:002009-07-06T23:21:58.488-07:00So true. Interestingly, people seemed to laugh at ...So true. Interestingly, people seemed to laugh at the hippie jokes, it was just that comparison thing they didn't react to. I still don't know what it was all about. People were there to have a good time and get rowdy, you think they would have yelled about anything. But apparently not.Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969325299913040593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090029843660514200.post-50172172443863593462009-07-04T07:58:44.655-07:002009-07-04T07:58:44.655-07:00I would've been a quiet one, too. I've li...I would've been a quiet one, too. I've listened to my folks and their friends make derogatory statements about hippies for most of my life. And what is a hippie? Seems to be something different to each generation when I ask. Wasn't it a movement of people who decided to break away from the rigid beliefs of their parent's generation and protest the Vietnam War?KandNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982514439893158594noreply@blogger.com