Jedi Mind Trick: The Disturbing, Destabilizing Abnormal Is Now Normal

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
Disturbing, destabilizing abnormalities are now accepted as normal life in America.
Forgive me for wondering if the populace of America hasn't fallen for a Jedi mind trick:
Disturbing, destabilizing abnormalities are now accepted as normal life in America: