That's not what I asked. I asked if LIEs see weak people as inferior even if they understand the reason for the weak person's weakness.
I think ENTjs have a problem with weakness if the so-called "weak" person is 1) unaware of their weakness, and 2) unconcerned with improving it. ENTjs, IMO, respect people who are self-aware and earnestly endeavor to make things better. Complacency, apathy, and frivolity seems to bother them the most. I think my ENTj dad has put up with me and my issues for so long because he realizes that I'm a very intense, committed person at the core, and that I'm always seeking improvement. If I were content with stagnation, he would be very troubled.
As for Joy's initial question about ENTjs and their
PoLR, it can manifest itself in any number of ways. Here are a few examples of
issues involving ENTjs I know:
1) My Dad: very conscientious about his exercise routine and his overall health, but only after many years of trial and error. He sees it as critical to his mental well-being and personal goals. Also, he's had to deal with the specter of severe illness (heart disease, panic attacks, and melanoma) hindering his personal progress, so I know that he, like anyone else, doesn't want his long-term goals to be sidelined by health issues. As for other
issues, my goofy Dad has had several car problems - he got a ticket last month for driving the wrong way down a one-way street, lol. Also, he drove a car with a broken spedometer for the longest time and finally had to get a new one because he got two traffic tickets. Though I laugh about things like this, I really worry about my father and his driving
.
As for his physical appearance, he's very fit and cleans up very nicely for his job, but doesn't seem to care what he looks like in his free time. He usually looks a bit disheveled, but in a very endearing way.
2) Close friend #1: very athletic and active, yet used drugs recreationally (nothing harder than marijuana, though) and had frequent, unprotected sex. She was quite reckless because she didn't seem to realize that she, as a human being, was inherently vulnerable and that the things she read about in health class could actually happen to her. She seemed to look only at the spiritual, existential aspects of life as opposed to the concrete, mundane aspects of it. She wasn't aware of her body until she had a health issue that MADE her aware of it, forcing her to change her lifestyle.
3) Friend #2: a 23 year-old alcoholic. Apparently he's quite slovenly as well. It's tragic, because he's an incredibly smart person with a great career. Yet because he's so smart and so self-aware, I have faith that he will address his problem and recover. I just hope he can find a good support group to do it with, because he goes to bars largely to socialize with others, and not being able to do that could leave a very big void in his life.
So yeah, I get the sense that ENTjs are just so focused on their long-term goals, internal thoughts, and tasks to be completed that they really don't give a darn about their bodies and their physical surroundings. It probably seems unimportant in their scheme of values.
Conversely, some look to substances to alleviate certain fears/neuroses (as all types do) and don't know when to stop.
I know this is somewhat tangential, but I have an ENFj friend (who's also an alcoholic, sadly) who abuses the daylights out of her body. She doesn't seem to care, though, and believes she'll that alcohol will only expedite the onset of death, which we will all face (I've tried and tried to break her out of this destructive thought pattern, but to no avail). She doesn't realize the actual physical toll it will take on her, though, in the form of dependency, liver disease, dementia, depression/anxiety, jaundice, etc. So yeah, not understanding/appreciating the actual physical effects of something and only looking at the metaphysical effects of it may be a manifestation of
PoLR.