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.