Well he was right, a lot of people didn't understand...
But that's a really really bad sign of where he's at artistically in my opinion.
You shouldn't be going out of your way to try and make clear to morons what you're trying to say... if a person can't understand a sarcastic tone or understand it from the lyrics... why would you WANT them listening to your shit anyway
They don't get it, so let them not get it and let the ones who do, do, and don't pander or dumb down or broaden for the sake of the idiots, at the expense of the ones who get it... because then you end up with compromised art that panders to people who wouldn't have got it, but probably still won't like it hence not getting it to begin with... and ruins it slightly for the ones who do = POINTLESS.
It's not democracy, art should be fascist, and he used to get that... lately he treats making music like making a fucking product for the public, sigh.