Why did Richard Nixon hate 'hippies'?

(Yes, that's me in 1969). Second, because we wanted the end the war which he was (we now know) cynically continuing purely to support his political agenda and wasting 22,000 American soldier's lives in the process. read more

Finally, when he lost his mind, Richard Nixon seemed to like hippies. He walked to the Lincoln Memorial and spoke to them before the dawn of an especially large rally. Tom McNichol of The Atlantic describes the memo he recorded afterwards. read more

I dont blame him though because most of them are weed addicts and grow hemp plants.Plus they're always in the nude and talk about peace. read more

Hippies displike of Nixon was fueled when Nixon ran for election to the Presidency in 1968. Nixon ran on a promise of 'Law & Order,' loudly telling white (and some black) middle class voters that he would support measures to restore order in America and Hippies perceived that to mean them. Nixon represented the Establishment. read more