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This was asked before but was never answered so I’m just reposting and quoting their (ComradeGeek) original question :

“In Easy Rider, as the main characters travel across the South, they are often refused service, threatened, and even attacked and eventually murdered for being "long-hairs". Would travelling through conservative areas really have been this perilous for hippies during the late 60s, or is it all exaggerated for the film? In this case does it reflect a real paranoia at the time that hippies could be attacked when out travelling?”