John Oliver: This is not "normal"�and no one should ever accept it as that

Third Parties: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
"It is going to be too easy for things to start feeling normalespecially if you are someone who is not directly impacted by his actionsso keep reminding yourself: This is not normal ... Write it on a Post-It note and stick it on your refrigerator, hire a skywriter once a month, tattoo it on your a*s, because a Klan-backed misogynist internet troll is going to be delivering the next State of the Union address, and that is not normal. It is f****d UP."

If one had any faith left in the Washington press corps, it probably evaporated in the wake of theirbehavior since last Tuesday. Thereason? Whenpush comes to shove, they care more about their f*****g seating arrangements in the press room, being invited to dinner parties, their invitationsto inaugural b***s, and giggling it up at the next correspondents dinner than actually doing their d**n job. Thats whya senior adviser to the next leader of this country with a history of racist behavior and ties to white nationalistscan be announced,and most of the major newspapersdon"t think it"s worth mentioning on their front pages.

Coupled with the incessant message of "just give Trump a chanceand "respect the officethe mediahas latched on to,it"s as ifwere supposed to act like because Trump has the title president-elect attached to his name,hes not the same p***k hes been for the pastyear.

Duringtimes like these, it"s easy tobelieve theHouse of Cardsdepiction of the media, withreporterswilling to w***e themselves and their dignityoutto secure sources and stories.

The problem with just smiling and going along with formality is that it accepts these positions as the new normal. Itpushes the lines over to where kids can think walking around their school with a Trump sign,yelling white power! is okaywhen it should never be accepted as anything in the vicinity ofnormal. So far, thats the worstdamage of this election. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there have been over 300 incidents of harassment and intimidation since last Tuesday.Moreover, the standards and norms of whats acceptable for someone running for president, and now becoming president, have been pushed so far that any future candidate will just point to Trump to justify horrendous conduct.

In last nights season finale ofHBOsLast Week Tonight, John Oliver lamented how horrible 2016 has been, while takingaimat the new president, media pundits,and all others who have culpability in this mess of trying to destroy the threads of common decency that hold this country together.

Source: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/14/1598914/-John-Oliver-This-is-not-normal-and-no-one-should-ever-accept-it-as-that