see, i understand the need to get a rant out, but this is one of those things you either:
a. type up then print and burn (this is fun; the more flames, the better)
b. write out, then write and rewrite until you come up with a cool, rational question (less fun, but more useful)
c. post and then come back in 5 minutes and replace it with a big lulzy demotivational picture (damage control)
a good friend of mine is ISTJ. she's 1w9 and pretty chill. she's the definition of an SJ system-maintainer, shit would fall apart without people like her who actually care that others remember the importance of keeping some semblance of structure and familiarity in the world. she's also really organized and efficient, and cutely creative. i dunno, she's never tried to enforce stupid rules on me or whatever. she gets annoyed when people are late or rude or monopolize conversation, but i think those are all pretty justified reasons. she's also willing to break rules when they seem particularly pointless, which i respect. in general our styles are pretty different but we get along pretty well.
i also worked closely with an ISTJ during a summer program, she seemed pretty chill too. 6w5 probably. she was really into nature and religion, she's getting a degree in marine bio and then probably an mdiv. i dunno, we worked well together and i liked her sense of humor. i only learned she was an ISTJ via facebook a year or so later.
not sure where you're running into these oppressive ISTJs but i hope you find some cool ones soon.
They intend to do what's best for people but they do it in a way that they proclaim as the "proper" [...] way which seems to suite them better than those they intend to do good on
we all do what we think is best in the way we think is best. welcome to humanity.
anyway, my point being, not to be a hater but i don't really want to be on an NF-only island. one, gross, i'd miss all my non-NF family and friends; two, gross, it'd be an emotional mess of an impractical dream-bubble. let's face it, we'd get 3 weeks in and be praying to have our SJs back.