To all you who think stormcloaks are racist

Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:27 pm

>>>Begin Sensless Rant<<<
Here is where we are going to have to agree to disagree.

According to your logic that -other races do not understand or respect honor and glory" which is not only false but a clear racist remark, this one sentence has condemed you.

Other races do understand and Respect honor and glory it's just they don't need to become glorified alchoholics that have a bone to pick with everyone to prove it.

Nords don't believe in rebuilding and as such many of their buildings are either in ruins or look like crap because they can't even repair the shingles. In other words they say it's their religion not to rebuild when in reality it's a way of saying "Fighting is for champions, building is for sissys and the dishonorable!" And because they don't rebuild or repair their houses/buildings/fort they end up complaining how easily these buildings are destroyed in the event of a natural disaster and they immediatly abandoned their traditional home and go look for an un-tainted land to build something new and leave their trash behind.

Now someone mentioned here that the Stormcloaks and most nords are racist and they shouldn't be unless it's the elves because the elves deserve it for what they did -thousands of years ago-. Now if we look at it, it clearly states that Nords hold a grudge a big never ending grudge.

Now what's that, the term many males say about females? That Females -REMEMBER- and -CONTINUOUSLY HOLD A GRUDGE-? If we were to apply that term here then that means all Nords even the males are essentially female. And how are females treated even on here by many forum posters? Weak and shouldn't be speaking.

So in essense when applying this "logic" found on the forum that means Nords, and Stormcloaks "Being all that a True Nord is supposed to be" are essentially "Grudge carrying weak females that shouldn't be speaking and should stick to the kitchen" But since most nords are warriors that means if they stay in the kitchen all their food will be burnt and disgusting which is probably why many Nords import their food from Cyrodil.

Now in another view point. The Snow elves which we now know as falmer, had initially welcomed the first batch of proto-Nords from their native home of Atmora ((which is the true native land of the Nords, NOT SKYRIM)). The elves helped the Nords learn how to survive in what would eventually become Skyrim's harsh climate and brutal winters. The Elves helped them build and taught them how to farm.

It's the equivelent of a family taking in a runaway teen and helping that teen get on their feet.

Now the relationship was a good one at first until the land began flooding with nords, what began as a trickle of water turned into a massive flood of Nord immigrants who sailed to this land of Atmora. The elves felt threatened as they were much smaller in racial percentage than the massive surge of Nords.

Now think of it back to that family who helped the runaway teen. The runaway teen now turns into an entire highschool of alchohol-driven partiers who flood that house, take over, start eating all the food, breaking everything and feeling entired to a house that isn't theres.

Realisticly you, as those home owners ((which many of you are kids and don't know anything about this concept yet)) Would begin kicking out those teens by force, essentially bringing a gun and start scareing them off.

That's what the Snow Elves did. It wasn't because of the Eye of Magnus that has been there longer than the Nords that the elves wanted for themselves, it was because the elves felt threatened by a massive surge of a race that was much larger than theirs in % and at the time ((and in cases still today)) a great big parasite of the land. Now don't get me wrong they probably shouldn't of killed everyone there but it was quite possibly the few trouble makers of the elven species.

Rather than punish the few trouble makers of the Nord species, the Nords pretyt much Ysgramor and his 2 sons gathered all their alchoholic bellowing buddies and retalated as they felt their race can do no wrong and began an elf-killing spree of even the innocent elves who were sympathetic to the Nord cause. Even after essentially killing off 90% of them and winning, the Nords continued to hold that grudge to this day and added other races to that mix. In between "War times" the grudge calmed down just a little bit to allow basic communication and tolerance. But it shoots right back up when another War starts, even if it's started by them, in this case the Stormcloaks.

Had Ulfric not whined and moaned like a cowardly baby about not being able to worship Talos and just worshipped him in secret, the Thalmor wouldn't of pushed so hard to find everyone that worshipped Talos in secret, kidnap and tortue them before killing them. Ulfric however hid for many months after starting this war which killed of thousands of people not just nords and split families apart.

The Stormcloaks are the worst the NOrds have to offer, even other Nords are sick of this bullcrap. Free-winter in windhelm, the guy who becomes the jarl of the imperial side once you kill Ulfric, doesn't agree with these ways and even wants to rebuild.

But I pity you if you continue to hide behind a logic-force field.
>>End Senseless Rant<<
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Hayley O'Gara
 
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:25 pm

The Stormcloaks are true patriots involved in a war of liberation.

What right does the empire have to deny them the right of self-determination?

They have a right when that self determination puts more lives in danger than probably live in the whole of Skyrim.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:51 pm

Don't bother trying to talk sense into the OP, hes a trollolololol~
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:50 pm

The Stormcloaks themselves aren't that bad. A little insular and racist, but hey. They're Nords, they've always been a little insular and racist.
It's Ulfric and Galmar that give them a bad reputation, by taking those to the extreme.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:12 pm

Your all wrong do you not understand a true nord? its all about honor and glory and the other races do not understand or respect that so the nords do not respect them.
What's your point?

Being racist is being racist, it's something objective your background or culture doesn't matter.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:10 pm

Nords hate elves. Stormcloaks are nords. Stormcloaks hate elves. They are racists? yes. more than other nords? no.

About Windhelm situation. Dunmers aren't exactly an example of convivency. Dunmers are also racists. Maybe you didn't play Morrowind and even if you did you could argue that they may have changed, but if you go to the general shop in Windhelm and ask the dunmer owner about the assassiantions of inocent women there, he will say that he didn't give a crap as far as the killed people aren't dunmer. There is an imperial insignia in new gnisis club (remember there is a civil war, this kind of things in real world usually leads to an execution). There is one book there showing the racist point of view of dunmer about ALL other races. What happens in Windhelm is mutual.

And about inperials being more tolerant, dunmers are essentially daedra worshipers, which if I'm not mistaken grants a death sentece following inperial laws. So, I doubt imperials would have been kinder with them.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:32 pm

Yes, the Dunmer are racists. No one, to my knowlege, has been arguing against that.

However, supporting the Dunmer in putting a knife in Ulfric's back (Where said knife belongs) is not an option.

Of the two political choices, the Empire and The Stormcloaks, there is a vary notable differncae in racism.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:57 pm

I did LOL can you not read?

You typed "your all wrong" not "you're all wrong." My all wrong what?

And Skyrim is for the Nords! I hate playing an Orc or Elf and Lydia's like "die filthy orc!" while fighting some orc bandit. I mean hello?! I'm standing right here!
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:58 pm

How i love this "Nazi" talk.......
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:42 pm

Rolff Stone-Fist made the mistake of shouting my character "You damn grey-skin, go back to Morrowind!"... I beat him to a pulp, called him n'wah and spat on his corpse. After that I have enjoyed wiping out stormcloak camps in the wilderness at night hours.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:01 am

Dudes, I'm pretty sure this is a TROLL topic.
Doesn't matter to me anyway, my primary character is always a Dark Elf. So when I (to my great surprise) went to Windhelm and saw the ghettoisation of the Dunmer by the storm cloaks... well needless to say, they were slaughtered.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:22 pm

Your all wrong do you not understand a true nord? its all about honor and glory and the other races do not understand or respect that so the nords do not respect them.

Spoiler
Nords just want to go to Sovngarde and become team cannon fodder for Shor when the kalpa turns. No wonder the other races think they're ignorant barbarians.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:49 pm

Rolff Stone-Fist made the mistake of shouting my character "You damn grey-skin, go back to Morrowind!"... I beat him to a pulp, called him n'wah and spat on his corpse. After that I have enjoyed wiping out stormcloak camps in the wilderness at night hours.

Ha. Well that's good role playing.

I have two characters. One a Nord and one an Imperial. Both (with their respective cultural lore and histories) came to Skyrim for innocent visits when they were mistakenly captured by the overzealous Imperials and almost killed.

For the Nord this 'mistake' was enough to enflame a hate on for what the Imperials were doing to her people and made her wonder just how many other innocents suffered or would suffer the same fate. It pushed her away from any value she might have had in the Empire to take a side to fight that. She was just a simple Nord going about her business of living and look what happened. Until then she was fairly amibivalent about The Empire. It had it's good and bad but didn't affect her daily peasant level of life a whole lot. And heck if the got her maybe 'Grandpa' would be next and that is unacceptable. So Stormcloak for her. Yes some of the NPC comments irk me the player but I'm not the character. She the character isn't well versed in the intricacies and details of politics and history either. Only a level of education and experience a small village upbringing would give. Until all this craziness happened she figured that all the excitement in her future would be getting married and raising a family. Does that mean I'm playing a 'racist' character? Possibly in the actions she decides to take and who she supports but her motivation for doing so does not come from being racist.

The Imperial was upset about almost being executed of course but because of her history and values she took another route and chalked it up to the stupidity of the individuals in charge of the executions and not all Imperials or the empire itself which is good in her books and rightfully fighting for the good of itself. So Imperials for her. Even though they almost killed her I couldn't come up with a good enough reason that it would push her that far from her history to join a bunch of rebel Nords. She has a higher level of education then the Nord. Knows a bit more about 'history' and is more experienced in the ways of the world so to speak so 'forgiving' the Imperials idiots who almost lopped her head off is easier. Plus she is an Imperial.

That's one of the things I love about this game. If one gets more into the lore which is available both in and outside of the game it's fun to create a 'character' with it's own history and motivations that respond to it. Of course I could have easily created a Nord who sees more of the big picture of history and the Empire and takes the forgiveness route like the Imperial did and sees the Stormcloaks as having misguided intentions which will end up harming 'her people' in the long run.

When it comes to roleplaying actual characters and not necessarily what I the player would do if I somehow found myself waking up in Skyrim I don't see Stormcloaks vs Imperials as a black and white choice. I the player would if forced to choose would like side with the Empire as the 'best' of two okay choices. With characters I play there's a lot of grey areas and choices to play around with if I feel like getting more indepth with the lore that backs up the game.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:41 pm

Your all wrong do you not understand a true nord? its all about honor and glory and the other races do not understand or respect that so the nords do not respect them.

Probably the dumner understand them better than anyone, which is ironic considering how the dumner are treated there.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:42 pm

Talk to the High Elf merchant in Windhelm, she says she has earned their respect and that the Dark Elves refuse to do the same, or something along those lines.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:09 pm

My dislike of the Stormcloaks has nothing to do with their racism. I accept that they don't like my character anymore than the dark elves native to Morrowind did.

My issue with them being so blinded by the Freedom-and-Glory routine that they can't see that they're being played like a flute so that Ulfric's self-entitled rear can sit on the throne. I'd respect them more if they weren't Ulfrics personal toolbox :/
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:55 pm

Your all wrong do you not understand a true nord? its all about honor and glory and the other races do not understand or respect that so the nords do not respect them.

Honor and glory is exactly what Ulfric Stormcloak didnt have...
Otherwise he hadnt used an unfair advantage in his duel against the high king.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:30 am

...and all the Argonians in Windhelm are dock workers stuffed into one room, because they wanted it.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:43 am

Nords are a bunch of backwards, racist bigots and they all generalize all the time. Every last one of them.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:53 am

Here is where we are going to have to agree to disagree.

According to your logic that -other races do not understand or respect honor and glory" which is not only false but a clear racist remark, this one sentence has condemed you.

Other races do understand and Respect honor and glory it's just they don't need to become glorified alchoholics that have a bone to pick with everyone to prove it.

Nords don't believe in rebuilding and as such many of their buildings are either in ruins or look like crap because they can't even repair the shingles. In other words they say it's their religion not to rebuild when in reality it's a way of saying "Fighting is for champions, building is for sissys and the dishonorable!" And because they don't rebuild or repair their houses/buildings/fort they end up complaining how easily these buildings are destroyed in the event of a natural disaster and they immediatly abandoned their traditional home and go look for an un-tainted land to build something new and leave their trash behind.

Now someone mentioned here that the Stormcloaks and most nords are racist and they shouldn't be unless it's the elves because the elves deserve it for what they did -thousands of years ago-. Now if we look at it, it clearly states that Nords hold a grudge a big never ending grudge.

Now what's that, the term many males say about females? That Females -REMEMBER- and -CONTINUOUSLY HOLD A GRUDGE-? If we were to apply that term here then that means all Nords even the males are essentially female. And how are females treated even on here by many forum posters? Weak and shouldn't be speaking.

So in essense when applying this "logic" found on the forum that means Nords, and Stormcloaks "Being all that a True Nord is supposed to be" are essentially "Grudge carrying weak females that shouldn't be speaking and should stick to the kitchen" But since most nords are warriors that means if they stay in the kitchen all their food will be burnt and disgusting which is probably why many Nords import their food from Cyrodil.

Now in another view point. The Snow elves which we now know as falmer, had initially welcomed the first batch of proto-Nords from their native home of Atmora ((which is the true native land of the Nords, NOT SKYRIM)). The elves helped the Nords learn how to survive in what would eventually become Skyrim's harsh climate and brutal winters. The Elves helped them build and taught them how to farm.

It's the equivelent of a family taking in a runaway teen and helping that teen get on their feet.

Now the relationship was a good one at first until the land began flooding with nords, what began as a trickle of water turned into a massive flood of Nord immigrants who sailed to this land of Atmora. The elves felt threatened as they were much smaller in racial percentage than the massive surge of Nords.

Now think of it back to that family who helped the runaway teen. The runaway teen now turns into an entire highschool of alchohol-driven partiers who flood that house, take over, start eating all the food, breaking everything and feeling entired to a house that isn't theres.

Realisticly you, as those home owners ((which many of you are kids and don't know anything about this concept yet)) Would begin kicking out those teens by force, essentially bringing a gun and start scareing them off.

That's what the Snow Elves did. It wasn't because of the Eye of Magnus that has been there longer than the Nords that the elves wanted for themselves, it was because the elves felt threatened by a massive surge of a race that was much larger than theirs in % and at the time ((and in cases still today)) a great big parasite of the land. Now don't get me wrong they probably shouldn't of killed everyone there but it was quite possibly the few trouble makers of the elven species.

Rather than punish the few trouble makers of the Nord species, the Nords pretyt much Ysgramor and his 2 sons gathered all their alchoholic bellowing buddies and retalated as they felt their race can do no wrong and began an elf-killing spree of even the innocent elves who were sympathetic to the Nord cause. Even after essentially killing off 90% of them and winning, the Nords continued to hold that grudge to this day and added other races to that mix. In between "War times" the grudge calmed down just a little bit to allow basic communication and tolerance. But it shoots right back up when another War starts, even if it's started by them, in this case the Stormcloaks.

Had Ulfric not whined and moaned like a cowardly baby about not being able to worship Talos and just worshipped him in secret, the Thalmor wouldn't of pushed so hard to find everyone that worshipped Talos in secret, kidnap and tortue them before killing them. Ulfric however hid for many months after starting this war which killed of thousands of people not just nords and split families apart.

The Stormcloaks are the worst the NOrds have to offer, even other Nords are sick of this bullcrap. Free-winter in windhelm, the guy who becomes the jarl of the imperial side once you kill Ulfric, doesn't agree with these ways and even wants to rebuild.

But I pity you if you continue to hide behind a logic-force field.


Umm...I was quoting the OP. I know that the Nords don't have a monopoly on honor or tradition.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:46 am

The question should really be one of speciesism not racism.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:14 pm

Argonians aren't even allowed into their city... The Stormcloaks must be destroyed!
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:00 pm

Honor and glory is exactly what Ulfric Stormcloak didnt have...
Otherwise he hadnt used an unfair advantage in his duel against the high king.

There is no Nord rule about not using all tools available to you. Not one person in the game complained that he won the challenge because he used a shout. Therefore you are imposing a ruleset that does not exist in that world to condemn someone for not following your rules. Thats kind of hypocritical if you think about it. You are trying to beat Ulfric using a rule he had no access to, just as you are condemning him for using a shout that the king had no access to.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:28 pm

to be fair dunmer are pretty bad people...and they have the opportunity to leave the ghetto in windhelm...they're just sorta lazy

I mean the only reason they're in windhelm is because its the first city they came across.

As far as people go they seem pretty accepting...if cat folk and lizard people were walking around i'd probably be really weirded out too, plus elves have a history of being pricks


And yes i totally agree that the stromcloaks are racist
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:16 pm

The dunmer refuse to contribute to the cause. Until I did quests to help out I couldnt even buy a house, much less a house in the nicer districts. So they want something for nothing? If they dont want to help in the war they can live in some other cities besides windhelm. But if you want a nice house in Windhelm you have to help the cause.
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