Ah, SimulatedWorld
And here I thought you were going to take my smiley-face and my apology...
You're breaking my heart there. [And now I'm obligated to dissect this.]
I really didn't say any of that...at all. It's very imaginative and full of new possibilities, but it really doesn't accurately reflect anything I said. Use your feelings to make judgments all you want. Just STOP reminding us on every single "Why does x type act this way?" thread that "it's only unhealthy ones!!" because that goes without saying whenever you're discussing any kind of generalizations. It's not wrong or invalid, as you seem to have daydreamed me saying; it's simply unnecessary to point it out, because everyone knows, and it gets old hearing it again and again.
Ok, why do we repeat the "obvious"? My guess would be our natural resistance to being categorized and our desire to leave things open for possibilities, combined with the emotional charge of a negative evaluation. (Among our list of defects "sensitivity to criticism" is pretty up there.)
Is stating-the-obvious-over-and-over-because-we-feel-like-it a rational response?
No. You're right. It makes no sense.
Yet we still do it because it's our natural inclination.
To then have the nerve to be prescriptive by telling us to stop while calling NFs idiots (Check your two previous posts) - is the equivalent of asking us to deny those inclinations, in order to serve your inclinations.
Now, among other types, the literature says that ENFPs are capable of empathizing with anyone. [Which is true, lock me in an empty room with a plastic cup, and eventually I'll totally understand its feelings.] So you'll generally find that we'll do our best to temporarily accommodate you.
But that is most ENFPs.
I'm a little rusty on my empathy lately.
Also, I get the sneaking suspicion you don't really want empathy from us but genuine respect for your search for truth - tolerance for your aggressive debates.
This is when you employed the ENTP-as-fundamentally-anti-authoritative-argument, as an excuse for the lack of PC.
That was the cue! Look at the other responses. "Oh, yes.. you're right. We're so patronizing. We must be really annoying." - translation into Xellotathian: "Look at that puppy! It's so angry, and it says it's because it doesn't get social etiquette! It doesn't know better than being loud and mean! Aww ok! We'll stay out of its way."
Call me a hypocrite but I just felt one of my values being violated. [Real attempt at understanding vs Empathy]
THEREFORE!
The best solution was to get on your level and to return generalizations back at you. It's why I tried to place you in that nasty little paradox which is not your fault but ultimately rooted in the nature of the thread. [Which was unfair, I admit.. I was a little mean there. But alas, criticism -does- make me a bad girl.]
As for infuriated vs irritated. That might be a personal conflict to you and me. To be irritated is being simply snide. Infuriated is writing in Caps and calling people idiots.
It's natural for me to make assumptions about the other person's hypothetical emotional state - though to be frank, I would normally keep them to myself and keep waiting for more information before judging.
Possible-counter argument to my post: Defense of inclinations as the famous "hidden ENFP elitism". [But you're old enough to defend yourself.]
), but a lot goes through me and people that know me well know this.
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