I think the point of above comment is when modern generation thinks 'hippies' they think Simpson version - silly potheads into flowery dresses and weird music.

But that picture is a product of decades pop-culture looking at those years through rosy glasses.

People who lived through it recall them as more violent thieves and harassers - because whatever the decade, that type of anarcho-revolutionary that just wants to bring the system down, are all the same. Only difference is, no internet back than so the shit that went down wasn't recorded in detail.