Rick Steeves is known as a travel person, but he's much more and he's a smart man. One of the things he's been doing for awhile is advocating for marijuana legalization. He says, "Prohibition is racist, smoking marijuana is a civil liberty." As I said, he's a smart man.
The link is to an interview that appeared on Leafly and this is a very short excerpt:
Leafly: There’s this thread of good citizenship in all your work as a traveler, writer, business owner, and community member. How can canna-business people be good citizens?
Steves: There’s plenty of room to be a community leader and also a canna-business person.
I like that idea, because this is what I did at the very beginning of my advocacy: just confuse people with what they expect they’re going to be dealing with, and who this human being really is.
Here’s a guy they like, and they never thought they could like a guy who smokes marijuana. And I prove them wrong—Ha! For me, that’s a beautiful challenge.
https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/rick-steves-pot-legalization-interv...
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on Monday, June 15, 2020 – 10:42 am
Rick Steeves always appears
Rick Steves always appears to be the calmest, most mellow person on TV. Now it all makes sense.
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on Monday, June 15, 2020 – 04:06 pm
If you don't thoroughly enjoy
If you don't thoroughly enjoy every show Steves has ever done on PBS - then WTF is wrong with you?
On PBS - after Bob Ross - JP is right above - Rick Steves is just about the calmest cat on TV.
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on Monday, June 15, 2020 – 04:45 pm
He gave over $300,000 of his
He gave over $300,000 of his own money to help legalize it in Washington State.
A young Rick. Anyone see him on tour? lol Trey's older brother?
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on Monday, June 15, 2020 – 05:18 pm
It's easy to love this guy,
It's easy to love this guy, keeping in mind that he's human... he's not just about marijuana as a way to fight racism, he's about travel as political education and action, and so many other things. Philanthropy - he's helping people in many ways.
He donated what became a $4,000,000 property with apartments to the YMCA for transitional housing for women and families.
https://www.ricksteves.com/about-rick/trinity-place
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on Monday, June 15, 2020 – 06:05 pm
^Great read Judit. Never knew
^Great read Judit. Never knew how special that guy is! Wonder why he got a divorce?