Is the comment really that inflammatory? I think it's good to point that a lot of the "civilized" nations did a lot very bad things at the same time they were talking about freedom and humanity.
i wrote it at a bus stop after work in London, nothing snarky intended.
ive used bullet points A LOT in many comments over the years.
it used to be “citation needed” back in the day, so i still supply them.
Unfortunately, there's a sense in which it still makes no difference because the comment fits the flamewar-starting pattern whether you were posting in that spirit or not. But I would have phrased my reply differently if I'd read you more precisely.