It's in those moments that you start to think about being w… - Abbie Hoffman

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It's in those moments that you start to think about being white and male and over thirty and too smart for your own fuckin good. You start to get pretty down in the dumps sometimes. Besides, every group was into calling the other an imposter and fights were breaking out all over the place. The left was moving into Stalinism and the hippies were moving to the country (as usual). It was mighty lonely on the fence.

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About Abbie Hoffman

Abbott Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (30 November 1936 – 12 April 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party ("Yippies"), and later, a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine.

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Pen Names: Barry Freed

Birth Name: Abbot Howard Hoffman

Alternative Names: Abbie Hoffmann • Abbott Hoffman • Abbie hoffman • Abbott Howard Hoffman • America Hoffman • Abbott "Abbie" Hoffman

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