User blog comment:The Milkman/Why High Elves Suck/@comment-3062372-20111213055514/@comment-6044976-20130403063416

The Elves have good reason to hate Talos though. There is no denying the he was a great leader and general but the fact that he united Tamriel is a bad thing. Tiber Septim (Talos) was the one who defeated  the first Aldmeri Dominion and forced the elves to live under a human dominated empire which most definetly treated them poorly.

After Tiber Septim died and became Talos, he was worshipped as the hero god of mankind so basically the Thalmor were excluded from worshipping him and therefore were given one choice which was to hate him.

If Talos saved the Elves that would make the races of man far worse and more stupid than the races of Mer.