roach: i'm thinking about this, because it's your birthday
or maybe it was...i didn't pay attention to the dates.
politically normal. i'm not sure what to make of that phrase. do mean in terms of a set of actions, or in terms of a social status? if the former, then i'd say that politically normal is doing nothing, unless you seek to attain power via your actions. i say this because that seems to be the average behavior of humans in society, and probably other animals as well. do nothing unless you seek to be the alpha. in which case, you should grab as much power as possible. if you're what i'd consider to be normal.
if you mean normal in the context of a social ordering, i'd need to know if you equate normal with acceptable, or if you equate normal with 'as usual.' i think both of these would drift with differing social mores, but 'as usual' can explain some pretty atrocious situations. acceptable would seem to need some context of history and philosophy. both would be situational. i think.