When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different ... we laughed at them. We condemned them… - June Jordan

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When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different ... we laughed at them. We condemned them, our children, for seeking a different future. We hated them for their flowers, for their love, and for their unmistakable rejection of every hideous, mistaken compromise that we had made throughout our hollow, money-bitten, frightened, adult lives