Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Image fear/stereotypes

[Michael D (ohanamd]

> My own impression is that the so called communes were probably very
> varied in their character, and there is no reason to assume they
> were all the same, or that all (if any) were anything like the
> crude description we keep hearing.

For me this isn't just an impression.  I know that what you're saying is a
fact.  Am I the only veteran of the counterculture of the late '60s and
early '70s who's on this list?  I call what I was then a "fringe hippie."

> One more thought: I wonder whether people who stick rigidly to
> stereotypes are likely to become good cohousers.  After all, living
> with other people of different beliefs etc. takes a measure of
> tolerance which seems to me to rest on a willingness to question
> things.

Good point.

HSC seeks people who base their lives and choices on love, not on fear.

Michael


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