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The Bigotry of John Oliver: Exposing the Left Liberals' Hollow Method of Reasoning

Introduction A disclaimer first, I used to be a fan of John Oliver and his show Last Week Tonight. This was when he was bashing Fox News Channel, Republicans, and other conservative opinions as part of his blanket bashing of 'right wing. I was frankly unaware of conservative opinions in the United States. As an immigrant, I had picked up the American political context from whatever limited exposure I had; which was primarily driven by left-liberal ideologues. And it was fun to watch continuously streamed videos of Jon Stewart where he will poke fun at Fox News with cleverly presented arguments. So my opinions were incomplete and unknowingly prejudiced. However, a world cannot function on such broad and incomplete opinions. Was I left liberal who had a reckoning? I don't think I can say that, as I don't even know if I was or still am a left-liberal or right-wing. As personalities cannot be broad-brushed by placing them in a convenient basked of left, center, or right.  For e...