Whoops. It still doesn't change the absurdity of your comment since all the known races are native to the continent and none are foreign to it. The fact that you would primp about as if the world versus continent distinction makes your statement any less LOLable simply underscores your inability to grasp what was so wrong about your statement.
The absurd comment was yours. You said Tamriel was a planet, and now you're getting confused. The races belong to separate provinces, each which maintain their own cultures. This is a similar idea to countries we have in the real world. So, Nords belong to Skyrim, Reguards to Hammerfell, etc. Xenophobia refers to an individual who opposes and/or fears foreigners/outsiders/"intruders". They
are foreigners to the Nords. How is this difficult to comprehend? PS you sure love spitting contests on forums where you're a regular, don't you? Hold close to those insults, Dagmar. Stay classy
No you're not. If you're not biased than you're simply ignorant about what defines racism because you apparently think that segregation based on race isn't a form of racism. I guess in your alternate reality the segregation of African Americans in the southern United States that predated the American Civil Rights Movement didn't constitute racism.
Yes, I am. I said logic isn't biased, however neither am I. There is no ignorance about racism displayed here by anyone but you; unfortunately that is not the only thing about which you are ignorant. When was it stated that they were segregated for their racial background by the game and not because they are mistrusted for their alien status? I think you still misunderstand, or you're just making things up. They can be segregated for anything, but particularly because they're aliens to Skyrim. You know - foreigners - from Morrowind. Xenophobia and foreigners... you know. Why are you comparing a video game story to the American segregation period? Segregation isn't only related to race, FYI.
Because they're segregated because of their race.
Or because they don't trust outside cultures.
No it's not. They've been living in Windhelm for 180 years. This argument has been deconstructed and eviscerated several dozen times over so I can only assume that you're just completely clueless as to the background of the Dunmer in Windhelm.
Yes, it is. The Nords have always been suspicious of them. It's part of persistent xenophobia. Or perhaps the executions performed ritually by the Thalmor have formed a paranoid distrust against Elven kind? I'll ignore the
mature personal attacks.
Yes, because allowing the Dunmer to work and roam freely in Windhelm won't threaten a delusional belief in losing cultural purity but not keeping them in one area to sleep at night will.
This of course also requires you to be wilfully blind to the fact that there's no concern about losing cultural purity to the Altmer who share the same race as the Thalmor who are widely hated not only in Windhelm but all of the Empire.
I don't think you understand that I was exploring potential reasons for xenophobia; not necessarily every individual potential reason was going to be their trigger. I think it's more likely the "deep-rooted and intense hatred of their culture" that persists. So that was a bust.
When the culture is inherently, inseparably, and illogically attributed to the race this is a difference without a distinction even if you're incapable of grasping that fact.
No, lol there's always a difference. Culture and race
are different. If you cannot fathom that then... there is a problem professor. Culture is a product of a people. Race is a product of nature and evolution.
Ah yes, the favorite argument of the clueless
Yeah,
again "lolwut Tamriel is a planet.. WHOOPS".. let's continue
that fail to acknowledge that this is nothing more than a reflection of the developers lengths to allow the player to choose race without affecting the ability to explore all quests and lean on it as crutch to ignore everything else the game presents to you and simply pretend that immersion shattering contradictions are preferable to creative roleplay explanations as to why your character is able to do the things they do.
You sure have strong lungs(?). Let's go ahead.
Thanks for illustrating and admitting that your playstyle is to simply ignore what the game presents to you. It helps explain why you can pretend that Ulfric isn't at all racist and the segregation of the Dunmer is because he doesn't trust these "strangers" that have been living and participating in Windhelm society for almost two centuries.
You're welcome...? I wasn't
just mocking the scenario or anything; maybe the incomplete writing on the part of the writers (since that is an oversight) bothered me. I'm sorry you wasted a paragraph (and a hell of a run-on sentence) on that.
However, I'm not "pretending" anything. It's a video game, but I find there is a much greater chance the Stormcloaks are a bunch of xenophobes than racists. That includes Ulfric. Xenophobia, in case you didn't think this was possible, can continually persist and be passed through generations. I'm glad you're obsessed with some random's playstyle and how they choose to play the game for their own enjoyment.
God forbid that type of person exists; a person with a different opinion and formulated view of everything gathered from their own unique experience with the game.
THE NERVE.
