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Anti-Hippie Protest
Posted:10/09/2004
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Grade: B
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A few weeks ago I was walking past the Mountain Lair when I saw a large group of people standing outside, near the street, holding signs. As I walked closer I noticed that every sign was a hippie slogan: such as "no war is good war" or "peace makes sense, Bush doesn’t" and the typical "meat is murder.” Perfect, I came all the way to WV from NJ to see a group of girls who didn’t shave and guys who didn’t bathe bash our president and our troops.
Having just enlisted in the Army, this really pissed me off, so I went back to my dorm and on the back of a poster wrote in big bold black letters the words "I HATE HIPPIES!" I returned to the protest area and held my sign up on the opposite side of the street from the hippies and, within seconds the Frisbee playing freaks came over and demanded I leave. But with a large shit-eating grin, I just stood there holding my sign high and saying nothing to them.
After about 20minutes, I received a lot of praise from students irritated by the constant bitching done by these protesters, and also several death threats from people holding up peace signs (can we say hypocrite?) Soon I grew bored of just holding up a sign so I bought a few hamburgers and camped right next to the "meat is murder" sign chewing my dead cow patties as obnoxiously loud as I could.
When the hippies pleaded with campus police to make me stop my protest of their protest, two police officers simply walked over to me, took off their sunglasses, gave me a stare and said "good job." By 5 o'clock the hippies retreated to go play Frisbee. Feeling quite proud of myself, I returned to my dorm and went on with my day.
The next day while in the cafeteria line, my roommate asked if I read the paper that morning. When I reminded him that I’m in college and have better things to do than read, he showed me the second page of the WV Post which displayed pictures and captions of my one man counter protest. In the next few days I received countless e-mails from people back in NJ who saw the picture online. And at least 40 newspapers were left in front of my door with congratulatory messages on them.
Here’s a link to the article.
Having just enlisted in the Army, this really pissed me off, so I went back to my dorm and on the back of a poster wrote in big bold black letters the words "I HATE HIPPIES!" I returned to the protest area and held my sign up on the opposite side of the street from the hippies and, within seconds the Frisbee playing freaks came over and demanded I leave. But with a large shit-eating grin, I just stood there holding my sign high and saying nothing to them.
After about 20minutes, I received a lot of praise from students irritated by the constant bitching done by these protesters, and also several death threats from people holding up peace signs (can we say hypocrite?) Soon I grew bored of just holding up a sign so I bought a few hamburgers and camped right next to the "meat is murder" sign chewing my dead cow patties as obnoxiously loud as I could.
When the hippies pleaded with campus police to make me stop my protest of their protest, two police officers simply walked over to me, took off their sunglasses, gave me a stare and said "good job." By 5 o'clock the hippies retreated to go play Frisbee. Feeling quite proud of myself, I returned to my dorm and went on with my day.
The next day while in the cafeteria line, my roommate asked if I read the paper that morning. When I reminded him that I’m in college and have better things to do than read, he showed me the second page of the WV Post which displayed pictures and captions of my one man counter protest. In the next few days I received countless e-mails from people back in NJ who saw the picture online. And at least 40 newspapers were left in front of my door with congratulatory messages on them.
Here’s a link to the article.
- West Virginia University
Editors Note:
Way to stand strong and fight for your beliefs.
Comments
It doesn't end does it? Do these people realize without wars the Muslim Extremists would conquer this country eliminating their rights to wear tie die,smoke,drink, have sex with multiple different people,wear all that goofy jewelry?
Must bow down in respect!!!
I love it when someone shows some of those hippies the hypocrates they really are. And scarfing down on a hamburger in front of a bunch of vegetarians?!? Extra Credit in my book even if this story wasn't 'A' material.