User blog comment:VaughanTES/The Second Great War?! Part II!/@comment-4858809-20121121164237/@comment-5700881-20121128211751

Of corse he isn't perfect, no one is, but when I think of an "awesome" person the image I have isn't one of such a flawed leader who has done such questionable actions and is considered an ASSET by his enemies ( I mean, come on, you have to fμck up pretty badly to the point that your enemies consider you being in command is an asset to their side). In addition, from what I've seen, Ulfric only uses the freedom to publicly (you can worship Talos privately whenever you want, so long as certain people don't know you do it) Talos as little more than banner to rally men under, all he really cares about is becoming High King. Also, anyone can learn the Thuum, it just takes time and dedication, if anything, I would credit Ulfric with putting forth the effort to train under the Greybeards, I would not consider him awesome, if I followed your logic, then the Dominion could be considered awesome, after all, they have patiently and stealthily manipulated behind the scenes for CENTURIES. And if I was to learn it, which is impossible, I would not abuse it like Ulfric did, after all, the Thuum is to be used for meditative purposes (something I haven't seen him do), unless maybe for self defense, or of course you're the Dragonborn, who happens to be exempt from all the rules.

Come to think of it, why would I want a country following me whose population is composed primarily of dim-witted, alcoholic warriors who think it is stupid to drink milk and people who drink are, so much that they use the term "milk drinker" as a derogatory slang (Which is very stupid in reality, and surprisingly you seem to agree with it), and don't have any problem mistreating and oppressing people and stopping them from practicing any part of their religion while they themselves are whining and bitching about the outlawing the public worship of ONE of their deities out of an entire pantheon. There is the fact that they have committed genocide in the past. So all in all, not a very good track record. If I found myself with a following like that, I would seriously reconsider what I had done with my life. And again if I was to use your logic then I would consider the leaders of the American Confederacy "awesome" or even Hitler, after all, they both had a large portion or even the entirety of their countries following and even fighting for them.