Great example of why it's best to ignore trolls

There are plenty of offensive people on all sides of the current political scene, so I am especially reticent to shine the light on anyone who posts abusive, offensive, or ignorant comments. Occasionally, others use some of these random extremists to make a point. I think that's a mistake. If an influential person, such as a celebrity, a political leader, or other person with a significant following posts extreme or offensive comments, that's a far cry from someone who has fewer than 200 followers on Twitter. Watch what happened when I raised this point to someone who called attention to one of these inconsequential commenters earlier today on Twitter.

First, here is the original tweet that I saw:

Next, here is my tweet in response. I was careful not to tag the poster who made the racist comments:

@Ursomonie @RTED2016 Why give someone who has only a small number of followers more attention? (The person whose tweet you cited.)

— Doug Levy (@SFDoug) January 2, 2016

But that individual chimed-in with this classy response anyway:

@SFDoug @Ursomonie @RTED2016 is that what makes u so cool dork u got followers oh brother what r u 10 or retarded ? pic.twitter.com/O4X2flSuTu

— whfla (@WalterWhfla) January 2, 2016

Perhaps I should have ignored him and his fewer-than-200 followers from the outset. Lesson learned.