User blog comment:The Usual Thinker/Which side did you choose and why?/@comment-3524429-20120225041546

I chose the Stormcloaks...at first. As I was on the chopping block, I, like many people, was under the impression that the Imperials were huge assholes who killed without remorse...or something like that. But, I chose the Empire once, and I realized that the Stormcloaks were the real dicks. Take Ulfric for example; he corralled all of the Dunmer in Windhelm into the slums and the Argonians to the docks. That's segregation, everyone. As a proud American, I find that wrong. Now, you may be saying, "Well, the Empire banned the worship of Talos. That's denial of the Freedoms of Religion and Speech." Here's the thing: the Empire didn't want to ban the worship of Talos; they were forced to. If they hadn't signed the White Gold Concordat, the Aldmeri Dominion would have destroyed the Empire -- Skyrim included. Right now, the only way to keep the Aldmeri Dominion from dominating all of Tamriel is to keep the Empire united.