> A sizable cross section of the USA completely and utterly lost their minds after a dark skinned guy became president Except for the part where, you know, tha

> A sizable cross section of the USA completely and utterly lost their minds after a dark skinned guy became president Except for the part where, you know, that didn't really happen. Obama was a great president for many, many reasons, but one of those was precisely how he managed to turn race relations into as near to a non-issue as could practically happen, given that he could and did appeal to an exceptionally broad and diverse cross-section of American voters. Even by the time Hillary became the Democrat candidate, the attitude had become quite different on all sides, in a way that's hard to underestimate. Trump wasn't always seen as bigoted or even foolish, either. I do agree that political campaigns have become a lot worse in many ways, with jingoism and even some outright bigotry being a big part of that, but I'd blame that on a broader loss of social cohesion or respect for our most prized political values (including moderation, deliberation, inclusiveness, focus on the complexity of core issues and not on pointless distractions etc. etc.) due to things like the bad economy and perhaps even our attitude to Internet-powered social media.