User blog comment:Cyrice1/Stormcloaks or Imperials/@comment-4895475-20120708022438/@comment-4113369-20120709101828

Not just then. You'd be surprised (or not, if you've read the old testament) how many use the "good book" to discriminate. Congrats on living for at least 500 years, btw. Your memory is rather good for someone your age :P

But properly on-topic, I don't see the similarity between the Thalmor and the jews (that comparison seems rather anti-semitic, actually). I can somewhat see the stormcloak/christian comparison, although keep in mind that Talos worshippers weren't persecuted until they started raging about not being able to worship in public. Apparently they preferred the alternative of fighting a lost war and becoming Thalmor slaves. That's my biggest issue with the stormcloaks (together with the racism); apparently they value the right to publicly worship a (nearly) do-nothing God more than their own lives. I'm sorry, but that's nothing short of idiotic, especially given the nature of the setting: there is literally nothing the average worshipper can gain from Talos worship that the other eight divines can't provide. Heck, the reason he's called the "hero-god of mankind" is because he unified Tamriel under the empire. Even if they absolutely want to worship him, it makes little sense to rebel against his greatest achievement (besides becoming a god, I guess).

Laconic/tl;dr version: The stormcloaks are dumb racists, childish as that description may sound.