MLK

[Toby G Levy]

Bandwraith wrote:

"I guess you've defined "hippie" to include only those people
whom you seek to disparage. That's okay, but there were many
who fit the demographic who were really upset by the murder of
MLK, Jr. (and several months later of RFK), but, I guess, "they" 
wouldn't fit into your simple categorization."

I don't mean to disparage anybody.  I am talking about my personal
experience.  I was 21 in 1968.  I had dropped out of college and was
working temp jobs out in San Francisco and having the time of my life. 
When King was shot it was not more than a few moments of conversation and
up and down the Haight Ashbury district there was no unusual activity. 
When Kennedy was shot, there was a little more grief, but only because of
the proximity to the other Kennedy assassination.  However, when Joplin
and Hendrix died, you would have thought the world had just ended.  

Perhaps I should have said "young adults" rather than "hippies." To me in
1968 the terms were synonymous.

Toby

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