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(3,777 posts)They may not use the word hippie that much, but the practice is still being used. As a marijuana policy reform activist I have heard hippie bashing many times.
People have told me that the only reason anyone would support marijuana legalization is because they want to use it. I had an assistant district attorney in Houston, Texas tell me one time as I as handing out leaflets need the courthouse that "I wish we could just shoot 'people like you'. " He was on foot waiting for the light to change so he could cross the street. I kind of leaned over to look at him and I looked him up and down real hard. He asked me what I was looking at. I told him I wanted to be sure I was able to identify him if I just happened to get shot. He really did look a little pale and crossed the street without saying much else. I think he said "oh!" and then the light changed and he hurried away.
I remember when we were trying to get a medical marijuana plank in platform of the Texas Democratic Party and one of the amendment's opponents said that the Republicans would be drawing pictures of John Kerry with a joint in his mouth. The motion to put it in the platform passed on a floor vote after a hard fight anyway.