I think these last eight or so years have told us things about this country that many of us don't want to hear, and I don't think we're paying enough attention to that.
What a shocking percentage of this country is saying is, I don't give two shits about how uncivil or vulgar or dishonest or obscene or mal-informed or hateful or downright ugly America is, as long as I get what I want.
For many of us, getting what we want is not worth selling our soul. But for them, it is. So maybe America isn't what we thought.