I think to be fair, the real lesson of this whole thing is that people need to understand how they will be perceived. If you have an unfamiliar accent to your a

I think to be fair, the real lesson of this whole thing is that people need to understand how they will be perceived. If you have an unfamiliar accent to your audience, you might have issues being understood and respected. And if you make public remarks about aspects of people they can't fully control--particularly when it comes to language--you should probably make sure you're not mixing your message with sarcasm. To do so really obscures whether you're trying to be helpful or trying to be perceived as clever, yourself. I just hope we all learn something from this instead of just getting all defensive.