I remember this conversation from Ask. Nero's Mom declared that it was all lies and that nobody ever spat on returning soldiers. When we all howled her down she dropped out.
Element 99, that was my era, I was 22 in 1967 The Summer of Love and I was in San Francisco...
But you know what, people would be surprised because it actually required a great deal of conformity to 'fit in' with hippie-dom, and i could never conform that much to anything. So no, I was never accepted into their ranks. I DID enjoy San Francisco anyway, however...