2021 - Following Orders, Polite White Supremacy, Political Astrology

TMI with Aldous Tyler

English - February 15, 2021 21:39 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MB
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Many of the Capitol Rioters are now using the defense that they were just "following orders". Evidently not being pardoned by Trump made a number of them pretty sore, and they have no problem being very clear that as far as they were concerned, Trump was their leader and they did what they did at his behest.

Then, we discuss a touchy topic for many of us: "Polite White Supremacy", or the tendency for an officer who arrests a white man with a screwdriver on him to call it just that, but on a black man it is often called a "burglary tool". It's not only the police, and we discuss it here.

Finally, meet an astrologer who uses her platform to promote social change and ideology. All that and more on TMI for Friday February 12, 2021 - listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!