The hippies at Woodstock weren't "peace and love" either. Generations X and Y got a bad rap at the 1999 Woodstock event.
The hippies burned down the food booth in 1969 too (and you can hear "Wavy Gravy" mention of it "if there's some of you who still think capitalism is a good idea you might want to help him out..." (paraphrased).
And Abbie Hoffman and the Black Panthers blackmailed the promoters to give them $10,000 and booth space at the original event or else face untold problems "from the underground community".
Peace and love my ass. just a bunch of stinkin' commies.
" The hippies at Woodstock weren't "peace and love" either "
I was soon to become a senior in high school ( in 1969 ) and hitched rides from CT to upstate NY and the festival with a buddy . We'd ordered tickets , but by the time we got to the site it had become FREE .
I would say that the vast majority of people there - hippies or otherwise , were peaceful and full of love for their brothers and sisters who were at the festival . People shared food , water , dry blankets , etc. with total strangers and there were very few incidents during the 3 days . Remember , there were around half a million young people there . Nobody was murdered or raped as far as I know . What major US city with a 500,000 population and only a modicum of police security could - even in 1969 - boast those stats ?
Sure there were a--holes in attendance , including Abbie Hoffman who , thankfully , got booted off the stage by The Who's Pete Townshend .