Let them eat cake, said Marie Antoinette, the French Queen when her advisors told her the...

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"Let them eat cake," said Marie Antoinette, the French Queen when her advisors told her the peasants didn't have bread to eat (and coincidentally this was her last public address before she was beheaded). What do you think might be some factors in the potential for a well- meaning politician or celebrity to thoroughly insult audience members without even being conscious of such a slight? Race, financial status, generational difference? "Let them eat cake," said Marie Antoinette, the French Queen when her advisors told her the peasants didn't have bread to eat (and coincidentally this was her last public address before she was beheaded). What do you think might be some factors in the potential for a well- meaning politician or celebrity to thoroughly insult audience members without even being conscious of such a slight? Race, financial status, generational difference?

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