Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150928140042/@comment-26693897-20151022180411

S&#039;Dalaar the Snowcat wrote: Shigeru Thalmor Slayer wrote: @Draevan13 - When you ask Galmar if he oppose all non-Nords he says "I oppose tyranny. I oppose those who tell me how to live, what to think, and what to believe. I'm a man. Skyrim is man's homeland. That's a fact. A fact I'm proud of. There's no shame in that. Read your history". That means to him all non-Nords are tyrants who tell Nords how to live, what to think and what to believe and Skyrim is a home to NORDS AND NORDS ONLY. Anyone who is not a Nord is a trepasser. When asked the reason he is fighting against the Empire he says "Reasons? Since when does a man need a reason to protect his family, to defend his homeland? It's the damn outlanders and Empire that need the reasons.". That means they are not only fighting against the Empire but they are fighting against everyone who is not a Nord as well. This is Galmar, in game, saying that to the player. Yeah, you are right. It is all in the dialogue. And he is explaining he DOESN'T oppose other races. Only those who tries to dictate his life. And yet you somehow interpreted that as he was spitting on other races as a whole. He never said or even insinuated that all non-Nords are trespassers. When the Dragonborn says that Skyrim is home for other than Nords, he will agree with a "Fair enough". So he must be ok with non-Nords in Skyrim or otherwise he would disagree. In the final dialogue, he is referring to the Thalmor and Imperials, both who actually ARE outlanders. Nothing racist there either. He just described them for what they are in an accurate fashion.

The problem is, my friend, I didn't ask Galmar if he oppose tyranny. I did ask him if he oppose non-Nords. None of his words were "no, I have no problem with other races". If you were doing a math exam and the question is "how much is 2 + 2" would you answer "the square root of 906.01 is 30.1"?

As for the final dialog, Galmar could be more specific, saying something like "It's the damn Thalmor and their ass lickers imperials that need the reasons". But since he said "outlander", this could be any non-Nord living on Skyrim. Even if he did just mean the Thalmor as "outlander", this choice of words comes off xenophobic at best.