Grayzone and Scott Ritter

Roshan · Post by **Roshan** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 9:43 am

(Moved from Wanton Typosoup)

Thinking Max Blumenthal and Michael Malice are the same ct.

But what?

Roshan · Post by **Roshan** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 9:47 am

Aaron Mate is not sp/so. He's so/sp.

Roshan · Post by **Roshan** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 11:28 am

Roshan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 9:43 am Thinking Max Blumenthal and Michael Malice are the same ct.

But what?

Maybe NiFe creative subtype?

In that case Max should be Aaron Mate's benefactor, wihch really makes sense. Max is the son of a famous journalist (which would have improved his Te for the field) and he is the one at Grayzone with the original vision and insight, being of the manor born. He had the broader perspective and tools to dare to horseshoe dance. While Aaron was working with people one step further left/out of the box than NPR (Amy Goodman and Paul Jay).

Roshan · Post by **Roshan** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 11:49 am

Yes, I know, benefaction is not the same as job superversion or life counseling. But with benefaction with two introverts, the benefactor is helping the beneficiary access the extraverted aspect of their lead function. For it to be more powerful and assertive in the world.

Roshan · Post by **Roshan** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:13 pm

The Typosoup came from here and crystalized or boiled. Ritter seems a very Se unignoring SiFe.

If Max is NiFe creative, Aaron is TiNe, and Scott is SiFe creative,

Max is Aaron's benefactor and Scott's business partner; Scott and Aaron are activity partners).

Roshan · Post by **Roshan** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:40 pm

Ah, in came Anya Parampil (Blumenthal). I believe her to be FeSi creative, so Max is her supervisor which is very good for family reporting. She should also be Aaron's dual and Ritter's mirror, the latter being hard to see, as bulky as he is and as spritely as she is. But I spent a lot of time in SeTi with him before I let it go. I could be wrong though.

Roshan · Post by **Roshan** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:42 pm

Ritter's choices seem SeTi, TiSe, and SiFe, all creative subtype.

But I just heard Anya mirror him out of the clear blue sky interjecting a 'yeah!' during a monolog. Now she couldn't wait to take over and give him a direct question. Again, 'yeah'...

Roshan · Post by **Roshan** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:46 pm

Ben Norton, the other main Grayzone reporter, should also be TiNe. Yes, I think Max Blumenthal may be the Ni dom, so Te PolR edgelord with (and holding up) an alpha staff at the Grayzone.

He starts to close saying "I've learned a lot" slowly and with gravitas, as such a one should.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:06 am

In my opinion, Ritter should be SiFe.
I think he's very unlikely to be Ne PoLR. He COULD be, but most of the time he speaks it seems like he's riffing extemporaneously, using knowledge of 'where things SIt' as a generative springboard of ideas and conversation. Someone in the comments section said something to the effect of "Scott Ritter is like a LITERAL fountain of knowledge," and I think this captures what I mean—that is, he seems clearly Si valuing, it seems to be his frame, and he seems too spontaneous for Ne PoLR.
Pretty much everything he says is based either something based off 'school'/experience (and he'll render explicit when it is), storytelling, or analysis and establishment of what IS and ISN'T normal and expected in a given scenario (which seems like Ti, Si, and Ne). I mean obviously, when hosting discussions about something where it's extremely difficult to know what's 'really' going on, everyone will want to know 'where does ShIt SIt,' but with Ritter...he's a powerhouse in this respect, and you can really feel the Ni role, a sort of 'zooming out of time and collapsing externally-gathered data' ultimately in order to organize and contextualize everything that IS knowable.

He conveys a different impression in older photos. He doesn't seem AS 'unignoring Se'...and he's also creepier, adopting that whole "unhealthy 9w8 Si dom pre-y2k serial killer" look. <-- That was the first thing I thought. And interestingly, according to his wiki page, he's a registered sex offender. I'm legitimately surprised I haven't yet seen anyone mention this in the comments section of that video.

So far, I agree that Max Blumenthal is NiFe, and Aaron Mate seems obviously TiNe.

tbcd

Roshan · Post by **Roshan** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:11 am

Anthony, my mention of TiSe was pretty throwaway, as in only three types are remotely possible. The one I mentioned twice and considered seriously was SeTi.