Maybe for you they were. I've been in an anxiety state since 11-2016
Has Biden made it any better?
@Larimar
Try not to. The US has a spirit to come on top after challenges like this. The American people have already beat the right wing control back and it will not just survive but conquer this negativity. Right from slavery to communism, witch hunting, Japanese interment camps, Muslim hatred..... we have done better and progressive causes have won over time. I used to admire how American people thought and conducted themselves and am not disappointed. European countries have their own problems and the right wing extremism is rising there too. We do not know what a place is like until we begin living there.