Back in 2008, blacks and whites were giddy about Obama, and I would hear it.
Now, it is political silence amongst the passengers.
Just like in Soviet Russia, people need to now whisper about their political opinions in public unless their opinions are the accepted beliefs. In Dallas, you have a lot of people who do not agree with the accepted thoughts. It is wise, therefore, to keep quiet in public.
Back in the day when America was still America, in my business in the military we considered a communications stand down an indicator of something afoot...usually ominous.