'free reign'???....though appealingly joycean in form i don't think it was consciously contrived...more's the pity.
....and whenever did a 'shabby hippy 'ever demonstrate for anything?...fyi the operative calculus was one of 'turn on, tune in and drop out'....generally anyone demonstrating was a mid to fully 'fortunate son'.....or some form of camp follower of the lefty establishment.....