doppelganger
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I can agree with this. Althought it is still not necessarily strictly related to type with primary Fe or Te. People with not primary Te and/or Fe can still use these functions to manipulate.
INTPs are not gettin any luv here, so I'll say this about myself and maybe my type. I can use Si-Fe to shame someone who has done something wrong, to teach him not to do it again. This would prolly fall into the passive-aggressive camp of behavior. And I'm not sure it should be considered manipulation, proper, since it's done with his full knowledge--in fact, it couldn't work w/o his knowledge since imparting this knowledge is the whole point. And there's no sneakiness about it, either. Just in-your-face, you screwed up, don't do it again messaging. Otoh, the purpose is to discourage this behavior in the future. So, inasmuch as it is intended to influence behavior, it can be seen as a kind of manipulation. But it lacks the insidiousness and unscrupulousness of what is commonly thought of as manipulation.
So INTPs might use Fe or Si-Fe in reaction to something, while a Fe-dom might use it in anticipation.
The other response to someone who has done something wrong is to remove myself from his presence: if temporary, then it's also a kind of passive-aggressive messaging; if permanent, it's self-defense.