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Kentucky county to put those ideas into practice. For some, the truth is subjective. I do not believe this. Either something happened, or it did not happen. His autobiography is relevant to his biography, and who are you to decide who is encyclopedia worthy, or not? I've seen threads on Knowledge where they had no references at all, and the only objection listed is "there's no references" to this article. It seems like I would have been more successful doing it that way. That's Howard Zinn's way. But wouldn't you rather know where the information came from? 1 example of where I used something Ronnie published himself was on "comedian", right after his name on the very first top paragraph. To prove that he was a comedian, I posted 4 video references of him at comedy clubs telling jokes. What reference would you deem plausible to "prove" that one was a comedian? An article by New York Times is weaker evidence for "proof" than a video of them actually doing their work. So instead, I combined elements of public news clippings, and his own words... one's own autobiography, while not a biography, does have merit to the biography. Of course they are biased towards themselves, but to silence their own words is to allow their enemies to define them. Ronnie Lee Smith changed the game completely, and being for the legalization of marijuana, he was treated poorly, mocked, disrespected, sent into exile, and eventually politically assassinated, which led to him being on the run, in Arizona, without his family, little resources, and eventually, possibly, even his death. His radical ideas only received 4% of the vote, but just the possibility of him winning caused so many to attack him, silence him, stop his medication, and then he died. There's questions about his death too. Some say he had a bad batch of hemp oil. Others say the Arizona jail didn't allow him to have his cancer medication, and that was the cause of his cancer resurging. Of course he is notable, for his life, as well as his controversial death. Ronnie pushed for Hemp Oil to be legalized, and Kentucky legalized it. He is the first Libertarian to run for Sheriff, and Jackson County, Kentucky had a Libertarian Sheriff touting the same ideas Ronnie was putting forward, which ran counter to Obama's attempt at gun control, gaining national headlines. I have also heard from other folks that their cancer, or seizures, or other issues were cured by his hemp oil. Where's the evidence for this? Youtube videos. Witness testimonies are one form of evidence that a thing either did, or did not, happen. And lastly, if curing over 150 people's cancer isn't noteworthy, I wouldn't know what is. The proof that he did... is between the conversations and actions between his clients and himself. No books. No newspapers. And with Kentucky being #1 for all cancers all across the board, somebody should investigate these probable leads, and maybe one less grandmother won't have to die of an ailment where there is a known cure.
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