I understand what Carol is doing. It is a parody of the other thread. If you haven't read the other thread, it doesn't make a point on its own. In context, the point is "just as you can point to atrocities carried out by members of one group, I can point to atrocities carried out by members of the groups you yourselves belong to."

It's not intended as serious bigotry against Germans and Aussies, but as a parody of bigotry against Muslims. The point is not that Germans and Aussies are horrible, but that to claim ANY group AS A GROUP is horrible condemns the whole group for the actions of a few, and is thus unreasonable. Those of you who felt Carol was being unreasonable: that's the whole point.

How'm I doin', CarolC?

As far as thread parodies go, I have done the same thing myself. But I never felt too proud of it later. It's too easy for people to mistake the parody bigotry for real bigotry, and it's not really their fault if they do make that mistake.