As prevalent as hippies were, it astounds many people to hear that there was a subdivision of the group. Yippies, as they were called, were much like other hippies, only more extreme. The yippies were New Left radicals with a no-holds barred approach contesting every custom of society. Most often, they were hippies irate over the fact that love-ins and peaceful protests weren't accomplishing anything. Yippies did many eccentric things whilst fighting for their opinions so that their issues would procure media attention, thus illustrating to America that there were indisputable quandaries occurring in the country. This invoked more action towards the issue and, often, unprecedented controversy. Many of the crazy occurrences once deemed hippie-actions were, unequivocally, the work of a yippie group. One very active yippee was Jerry Rubin, who appeared before the House American Activities Committee wearing a Santa Claus Suit. Yippies were also pro-drug, only they vocalized their drug-related thoughts loudly enough for the entire world to hear. There were many speeches written advocating drug use, especially when the issue was marijuana. The authors of such speeches said things like "Marijuana makes each person God" and "It's never "my dope," it's "our dope," everything for everybody." These words helped illustrate how drugs could unite, which was the primary intent of yippies ubiquitously. .
One thing hippies and yippies were accountable for was Flower Power. Flower Power was a peace movement designed to contribute to ending the Vietnam War. Hippies, mostly young women, handed out flowers to strangers who walked by. This unfurled the love and respect they retained for other people. However, flowers were more frequently distributed to police officers and pro-Vietnam demonstrators. This showed the love and respect they had for the beliefs of others, even if they differed from their own musings.