Freaks INC.

We are not that kind of "freak."

It seems the word we choose for our group may not have been the best one. In today's paper we saw Michael Jackson called a "freak" while some of the people who paraded around during the deathwatch for Terri Schiavo were also called "freaks." While the dictionary defines "freak" as "a hippie," freaks are also defined as "bizarre." And, of course, "hippies" were called "freaks" during the 60's because we were bizarre, I guess. With our long hair, beards and short dresses or none, on the part of the female "hippie freaks," we were bizarre. And when we marched against the War in Vietnam and shouted, "make love, not war," we were "bizarre" to our parents who grew up during the "Great War" (World War I) and who became parents during the "War to End all War" (World War II). But, we are "hippie freaks" (revisited) and not your run of the mill freaks such as Michael Jackson and all the others who are given this name today.

posted by de-plush-doll @ 3:18 PM