Open season on David Brooks: Twitter erupts at clueless New York Times' columnist's masterful trolling

"Listening to Ta-Nehisi Coates While White" the column is called. Twitter had some replies

Published July 17, 2015 1:51PM (EDT)

David Brooks                       (PBS)
David Brooks (PBS)

David Brooks' scolding of Ta-Nehisi Coates today -- actually headlined "Listening to Ta-Nehisi Coates While White" -- gets the takedown it so richly deserves here.

But it's also the talk of Twitter. Here are some of our favorite responses, some using facts, some humor, and others just exasperated with the Times' oblivious op-ed trolling.

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