Thanks, Pei. The Alabama Redneck attack? Talk about a stupid stunt. In-your-face provocation of any group eventually can trigger reaction.
Brits making fun of America is ancient. And vice versa.
One of my oldest favorite quick reads is USA for Beginners by Alex Atkinson and Ronald Searle (Penguin, 1963), two Brits driving across across the United States. Every paragraph is classic droll, e.g.:
"In Chicago I saw very little of the underworld gangs (or Trade Unions, as they are now called), but there was some sporadic shooting as I drove north on State Street, the great street, and in the burlesque houses, strip shows, honky tonks and other dens of iniquity which abound to ensnare the gullible traveler (I must have visited at least thirty) I thought I caught sight of some gorillas, mugs, goons, hatchet-men, footpads and politicians from time to time, but I couldn't be sure, because Chicago citizens tend to look alike."