Glenn Beck???

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I know i might get some crap for this one but i was watching his program the other night and I couldn't help but think that he might be a demented INFJ. For the record, i do not in anyway align with what he says. I was watching his program because i find it interesting of how he preys on the fears of other people. Here is my reasoning...

I- Many people think that he is very extroverted but the way he talks about himself being off air makes me think he is introverted. He reads a shit ton. He tends to base his shows on history and literature rather than going out and externally gathering information (journalism). All of the information he presents comes from an internalized process. I have also heard he was the loner in school and identified with Kurt Cobain a lot (a fellow introvert and probable infp).

N- He seems very N with the way he connects things and always is taking a step back from everything and look at the big picture. He is very proud of this trait because he seems to think he is the only one in the media that does this.

F- This is where people will definitely disagree. I think he uses Fe heavily when on air. You might see facts but they are coated with emotion and delivered with the intent to make you feel fear. He is a master at manipulating facts and quotes to appeal to peoples emotions. He puts up a logical front, but it is an act.

J- Here, i just think that this boils down to cognitive functions. I think he uses Fe and Ni very heavily and that his thoughts from his primary mode, Ni, are channeled through Fe when on the air.

I am not even sure if Glenn even believes in what he says but he did a lot of drugs in the late eighties and early nineties, which could explain his crazy views on many things. As much as one might argue against this, i really think that he has the whole Ni Fe thing going. I guess he could fit the ENFP bill to but I just don't see an extrovert doing a political show that is lecture style where he talks about past writings that he has internally processed without any outward journalism.
 
LOL!!!

...Is all I have to contribute. It will be fun to see the other INFJ banner-carriers fly in here with their responses.

Actually, he's a tv personality and he's pretty over the top so I don't know if it's possible to really type him.
 
acd said:
LOL!!!

...Is all I have to contribute. It will be fun to see the other INFJ banner-carriers fly in here with their responses.
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I know, it seems silly but i just couldn't help but think about it. I had this idea and it kept nagging at me and taking up Ni RAM. I had to get it out of me and see what others think.
 
as far as his persona...

I would hazard ENFP but how much is show and what have you... makes it damn near impossible
 
I think his persona is definitely enfp on air but when he talks about off air experiences, his description of himself is very introverted.
 
GET THIS THREAD OUT OF HERE!


Glen Beck, oh my.


Also, you should look at things from
more of a cognitive stand point :P
 
I really don't know...I think he's a feeler, but I'm not so certain that he's an introvert or even an intuitive. I'd give him feeler sure, but I don't know about the rest. I really don't watch him that much.
 
He is an entertainer plain and simple. He makes a lot of money entertaining. Of course he is well read. It's part of the entertainment. If his show had low ratings he would not be on the air. I think some things he says may be right. But I also know that when you have an agenda your going to push it with what ever information you can find to get the results your looking for. I think he paints a story and leads people down his paths. It's my opinion though I can't back up a word with any facts. Just what I have observed from listening to his radio show and watching him on TV.
 
acd said:
Actually, he's a tv personality and he's pretty over the top so I don't know if it's possible to really type him.
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Why not? How are TV personalities any less real than people you meet or see in person?
 
Arsal said:
Why not? How are TV personalities any less real than people you meet or see in person?
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We only see him through the tv personality he puts on when he's on the air. If that's exactly who he is, then it may very well be possible to thoroughly examine him and possibly gleen his type, but we really don't know if the face he puts on that gets him the ratings is who he is off camera.
Another facet to this is that even if his on-camera personality is different from his off-camera, you have to wonder if doing such an act for such a long time to such positive reaction would cause some "bleed-through" if you will, at least superficially changing who he is off-camera. That's all speculation, though, as we don't even know what he's like off the air.
 
Bird said:
GET THIS THREAD OUT OF HERE!


Glen Beck, oh my.


Also, you should look at things from
more of a cognitive stand point :P
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I feel like i am looking at things from a cognitive standpoint by saying that he uses a lot of Ni and Fe. I do think that on TV, yes, he is very over the top and hard to type. But based on what he tells us about his life and how well he acts out the ridiculous persona on TV, i feel like we could get a feel for what his type actually is.

There was a thread a few weeks ago about the "many faces of the infj" and he seemed to slide into the descriptions of a few of those "faces" such as the false guru or the guru (depending on your views).

I don't watch him because i take him seriously, in fact i do it for a laugh but it ends up scaring me because i know people believe it. I think that an INFJ gone awry that have gotten pretty messed up over the years could be able to channel their ability to manipulate people's opinions through their emotions very well, guilt free.

I also have this theory that he doesn't believe 3/4 the crap he comes up with.

He has been saying that the violence in Egypt is chaos organized by the Muslim Brotherhood so that it can secretly take over the world. Anybody with an imaginary nutsack could see that Mubarak hired the "pro Mubarak" protesters to cause violence against the peaceful anti-Mubarak protesters. But no, the liberal media does not want you to know that radical Islamic socialist Marxist fascist (fascist and socialist are opposite ends of the political spectrum) liberals are taking over America! This is redonkulous.

It is just amazing how well he articulates crazy things so that they sound just right. He chooses his words wisely, pausing between them. Creating fake emotions to fit the mood so that he can convince everyone that he really does care about you. It is a very personal, emotional and in-your-face approach that makes me think he is hiding something from me. You have to really try to see through his BS because in watching his program for a solid week, it is very easy to see how easy it can be to believe in what he says.

As this is truly all speculation, I will stand by my assessment. He is unhinged and has been to a very dark place in his life that i think has allowed him to do what he does without any guilt or shame. He takes the face of the guru, false guru and revolutionary all at the same time.

I also want to say about his reading that I meant for it to be evidence for his introversion. He reads quite a bit and gathers his information for the show internally.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKtAPT9KEfM"]YouTube - Glenn Beck Interview[/ame]
 
Griffin said:
We only see him through the tv personality he puts on when he's on the air. If that's exactly who he is, then it may very well be possible to thoroughly examine him and possibly gleen his type, but we really don't know if the face he puts on that gets him the ratings is who he is off camera.
Another facet to this is that even if his on-camera personality is different from his off-camera, you have to wonder if doing such an act for such a long time to such positive reaction would cause some "bleed-through" if you will, at least superficially changing who he is off-camera. That's all speculation, though, as we don't even know what he's like off the air.
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That's true. Though I don't know how it is possible for anyone to withhold a facade for extended periods of time without slipping into psychosis.

If someone asked me to imitate Russell Brand's for longer than 3 minutes, I probably wouldn't be able to do it. I don't have that much energy, and if I tried, I'd probably fail badly because it is so unnatural to me. If someone asks me to act like, say, Mitch Hedberg, I would probably be able to pull it off better because it's closer to my personality. Of course, I understand this is the whole idea behind "acting", but I honestly doubt everyone on TV is that good of an actor. Most of these celebrities, I think, are really just projecting a part of themselves. They are not role-playing per se, they are emphasizing one side of their personality that they deem marketable. However, it's still "them" in essence. I'd say this makes typing such individuals difficult, but not necessarily impossible.

EDIT: Or perhaps I'm assuming too much about what people can or cannot do(?)
 
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Aren't the mentally insane pretty much exempt from being able to be reliably typed?
 
His persona and his person may or may not be the same. He is such a liar, you have no way of knowing his true self. He likely doesn't know his true self, either. He is irrational and he appeals to irrationality. To him, facts are nothing other than incidental elements to be thrown out when they suit his immediate purpose. He is the Father Coughlin of today. That is, a bigoted demagogue who loves himself and hates many others.
 
Hmm ... I don't agree with every thing he says. And honestly haven't watched him in a while, I don't have a TV and try to stay away from main-stream media and get my 'news' from other means. But, I like the guy, I hope his sincerity isn't for show.
 
The whole show is theatrics, and I'd say probably the type of theatrics that many ENTPs I know are good at.
 
For the record, i'm not conservative from any standpoint. I am actually on the verge of socialism with a lot of social libertarianism mixed in. But in watching a few of his interviews, i found that Glenn Beck the person and I had some common ground. Namely, he is for gay marriage. It was just an interesting discovery for me.
 
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