To me, when I think of a "hippy," I think of the folks who embodied the term back in the mid to late 60's/early 70's. The folks who defined modern counter-culture ideology and refused to conform to societies preconceived notions of what citizenship should look like. The rebels (so to speak) but rebels who touted free love, world peace and thinking for ones own self.
Today there are still hippy minded people...take a look at the Burning Man community. If that doesn't harken back to Woodstock days I don't know what would!
Back when I followed the Grateful Dead, I thought of myself as a flower child. Because of my age and identity at that time, it seemed to fit me quite nicely.
