Never forget John Oliver is at best controlled dissent. He’s even married to a republican veteran who he met while she was working for “Veterans for Freedom”, a veterans organization dedicated to “victory in Iraq and Afghanistan”. From interviews he’s given she sounds like the insufferable kind of war criminal veteran that never shuts up about it

"How do you think it goes down when I come back from my day writing for a comedy show writing jokes? You can see her eyes roll back into her head and go ‘just shut up,’ " he quipped. “When you’ve been in a war you have no time for the insecurities of a mid-range comedian.”