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This is a good article and definitely still a popular trope in popular culture, but could we add a separate article named \
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This is a good article and definitely still a popular trope in popular culture, but could we add a separate article named \\\"All Germans Are Evil\\\" too? Or instead rename \\\"All Germans Are Nazis\\\" into the broader \\\"All Germans Are Evil\\\"? Because to quite a lot of people Germans still seem to be synonymous with people who are evil by nature. The Nazism aspect, of course, plays an important role in this perception, but quite a lot of people consider Germans to be evil not just because of World War II, but also because they were the enemies during World War I as well. You see people mixing World War I stereotypes like pickelhaube, Der Kaiser and The Red Baron along with Nazism and most of the time it all boils down to the idea that they are all obedient, warmongering soldiers and militaries. Margaret Thatcher infamously protested against the German reunification in 1990, because she feared they would start a new war. Also, I noticed in The Simpsons, for instance, that a lot of times the jokes at the expense of Germany are not solely because of their Nazi past, but referring the so called \\\"fact\\\" that they are all evil. To me, \\\"All Germans Are Evil\\\" reaches a larger summarization of this trope than just \\\"All Germans Are Nazis\\\". Perhaps an idea for consideration?
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This is a good article and definitely still a popular trope in popular culture, but could we add a separate article named \
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This is a good article and definitely still a popular trope in popular culture, but could we add a separate article named \\\"All Germans Are Evil\\\" too? Or instead rename \\\"All Germans Are Nazis\\\" into the broader \\\"All Germans Are Evil\\\"? Because to quite a lot of people Germans still seem to be synonymous with people who are evil by nature. The Nazism aspect, of course, plays an important role in this perception, but quite a lot of people consider Germans to be evil not just because of World War II, but also because they were the enemies during World War I as well. You see people mixing World War I stereotypes like pickelhaube, Der Kaiser and The Red Baron along with Nazism and most of the time it all boils down to the idea that they are all obedient, warmongering soldiers and militaries. Margaret Thatcher infamously protested against the German reunification in 1990, because she feared they would start a new war. Also, I noticed in The Simpsons, for instance, that a lot of times the jokes at the expense of Germany are not solely because of their Nazi past, but referring the so called \\\"fact\\\" that they are all evil. To me, \\\"All Germans Are Evil\\\" scopes this trope in a larger degree than just \\\"All Germans Are Nazis\\\". Perhaps an idea for consideration?
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