The hippies were not a standalone generation unto themselves, they were and, unfortunately, remain part of the baby boom generation which has no choice about claiming Bubba. If you wanted to address your comments about hippies, that's fine. However, you broadened the scope by including "Bill Clinton's generation", which includes a lot more people than just Bill Clinton or hippies.
Frankly, I don't care if you want to slam hippies, they've earned every drop of bad press they've gotten and more. As for being offended, I wasn't and no apology is needed. I just wanted to make sure that I understood where you were coming from. FR does have a contingent that works from a base of ignorance and loves to slam baby boomers. That's what prompted my response.
If you want to slam hippies, though, go for it; I'm with ya!! I have no particular love for them, either!! As for my generation, we made our share of mistakes as has every generation. Ignorance and urban mythology tend to exaggerate those mistakes into something more than is really there.
While hippies were certainly a vocal minority of the Boomers, I can and do trace many of society’s ills to the Boomers, hippie or otherwise. I’m 39, and I loathe the boomers. Hippie or not, they are self-indulgent, narcissistic and have accomplished little as a generation. Unless you count screwing my generation over.
Gross generalization? Of course. Out of 70 million Boomers, I’m sure some are fine people. But in my experience, the media portrait is more or less on target.