Quote Originally Posted by ouronis View Post
I wonder if, in some degree, Lead/Ignoring dynamics within an individual(intrapersonally) can lead to relativism or some other sort of diminished individuation(not meaning this in the Jungian sense), especially since as pointed out in this thread, much of the conflict between these(your lead is my ignoring and vice versas), interpersonally, is political. Objectively, both sides are simply trying to overpower the other. If you step outside your viewpoint, you may be captured by this sense that neither is better than the other, and since the ignoring function is presently unconscious, you may feel consumed by a nagging sense of doubt regarding your own efficacy. Also, this might be achieved by another party, outside of you, doing what was mentioned by Foundation, and just completely subjugating you psychologically over and over again.

It makes me wonder which function is typically concerned with the effects of "the Other," as in the "outsider that is nothing but an enemy."

Although, I guess this all kind of ignores ConcreteButterfly's points, whose basis I would be interested in hearing.
I don't relate to such a dynamics or I haven't observed anything like it. For me my Lead function keeps overpowering Ignoring so successfully I only get glimpses of the Ignoring for very short times. Then my conscious attention goes back to the default. I don't try to force this myself, it happens on its own, I don't even notice by default.

That's Se vs Si for me and I remember talking a lot to someone who's probably LSE-Si. Have had lots of conflicts over the Ego/ID functions with her but I don't relate to the idea of mocking the Ignoring (as speculated by @The Foundation), it's more like a direct attack of devaluing that perspective.