THANK YOU SOOO MUCH <| sep |> Why don ' t you just drive around and check out all the Trump signs , or drive past the house that hung black mannequins from the tree , or talk to the black fireman who had his place burned down after a racist note was sent to him . Almost all of the hateful , backwards , narrow minded and factually incorrect shit I was exposed during the election came from old ' friends ' from the Buffalo area on social media , to the point that I legitimately had to delete every single person except 2 from there to cut it off . I do not exaggerate when I say it was about 60 people . My mom doesn ' t see it either because her immediate friends aren ' t like that , but it ' s happening , and many other people who have left Buffalo are taking notice of it too . Everyone from my high school class who left has been talking about it nonstop and cutting people off left and right . Again , you ' re welcome to your opinion and to your pride for it , but the upswing in racism and xenophobia is very real .