User blog comment:Hippogriff12/The Scarcity of Racists in Skyrim/@comment-5302371-20120728161339/@comment-3472264-20120801005317

Balgruuf may be an Imperial symphathizer but in the end his interest lies only with the people of Whiterun and if I were Ulfric I'd respect that and not attack him just because he isn't on my side. I'd need a very good reason to depose someone like Balgruuf not just that they sympathize with my enemy slightly more than they do me.