Accents

There are several opinions, if not many, when it comes to accents. The way foreigners view it is totally different from the way natives view it. I think instead of natives trying to sound nice and tell foreigners accents are cool and so on, they need to listen to those on the other side of the fence and try to see it from their point of view. Here's one person view on this issue and i've found many views that do make sense. Of course, natives don't see it cuz the discrimination is shown towards a foreigner based on their accent is mostly unconscious and subtle at times they don't even know they are doing it. Some do but other don't.
So, here's the post by 'ihavenoname'.

Why people would want to eliminate accents:

-- Social stigma

There is much stigma associated with accents, depending on where you are or what accents we're talking about. The problem is accent draws too much attention to itself. Rather than listening to what you have to say, people focus on how you say it. It's
also very easy to earn labels with an outlandish accent. Titles like 'redneck', 'foreigner', 'FOB', 'that guy with a Spanish accent' are not very pleasant, especially when you only want to fit in. It's true that discrimination is all too common, but speech, second in importance only to appearance, is something that can be changed. And that's all that matters.

Accent is sort of like criminal background; nice people try not to be mean about it,
but everyone has their own prejudices and you can't change that.