I went to high school with several libertarians who considered calling a person a "hippie" the biggest insult they could render.
I've met some pretty awesome, nice hippies in my day, but that doesn't mean I would ever want to be one.

However, the other day I took a quiz where I was labeled a "hippie". YES, according to this quiz, I am a HIPPIE. If I was slightly less extroverted, I would be an "emo kid". So I guess some days, depending on my mood, I am either a hippie or an emo kid.

Here is the highly stereotyped profile that is (supposed) to describe me:

You are the Hippie! Characterized by a strong sense of extroversion, irrationality, gentleness, humility, and a faint scent of marijuana, you no doubt frolic through fields preaching peace and free love! Immediately following that, you then frolic to the hospital with herpes! You are probably either very spiritual or needlessly paranoid about "the man", like most hippies, as a result of your focus on intuition and feelings over cold, brutal logic. You probably enjoy poetry, especially beatnik ultra-liberal crap about how horrible fascism is, even though your suburbanized, sheltered idea of "fascism" is having to pay two dollars per gallon at the gas pump. You are also very, very social. And like any hippie who would have no qualms about hitchiking across the country just to meet some interesting people, you also love to interact with others, even complete strangers. Though I highly doubt they love to interact with you! Because we know most any hippie is peace-loving and humble, it stands to reason that you, as well, are terribly gentle and humble, almost to the point of revulsion. Your carefree attitude of peace and harmony is probably very, very sickening to realists or cynics or anyone who isn't a hippie, to tell the truth. In short, your personality is defective because you are overly emotional, extroverted, gentle, and humble--thus making you an annoying hippie. Now go do your drugs and have sex with filthy bearded men in tye dye shirts.

yeah i i really don't think this aptly describes me at all. i suppose the author thought he was being humorous.
though the hitchhiking thing does sound a bit more awesome to me than it probably should...