Originally Posted by
JuJu
Thank you, I appreciate it, but as to coming down hard...
To be honest, I only respond to these ppl's posts (Steve, Archon Alarion, Allie, etc) so newcomers do not get confused by their snake-oil salesmanship...
What they post here is not Socionics, and in the past, ppl have been turned off of Socionics bc they saw these 'alternative interpretations' intermingled with legitimate understanding of the theory... They came away thinking it's all crap.
These are ppl who were simply trying to improve their lives w/ Socionics... ANd bc these ppl (above named) have their egos so wrapped up in their own bullshit, they were turned off...
They don't realize that what they're doing is actually detrimental... It kinda sucks.
For a long time, no one stood up to (these ppl's) bullshit when it was presented, probably out of a sense of decorum. (I don't care about decorum. I care about what is honest and real and true.) I stand up to them so ppl feel reassured about Socionics bc it has benefited me tremendously and I want it to help other people.
I have already tried on their alternative theories for myself... (I was a moderator at Socionix for a time, and a believer in it...) However, I tried it out in REAL LIFE... And as the Germans say, "das geht nicht."
Their typings, in Model A Socionics, are wrong... And their theory, in itself, is untrue.
What they write are distractions--for many ppl, but esp newcomers--bc they refuse (for whatever reason) to post their stuff in alternate theories... And as I said, they don't realize it, but it's detrimental.
So, again, thank you for saying what you did... But honestly, none of what they say hurts bc I know for a fact, through experience, that it is unture, and in some cases, intellectually dishonest. In some cases, ego-motivated. In some cases, attention-seeking. etc.