Benn unfortunately is one of those people that actually feel stuff, which is a trait that easily gets exploited by bad actors.

Indeed, he shot himself in the foot there pretty bad, but I would argue that that was just the result of successful Agitation.

I would personally strongly prefer being in the same room with Benn compared with Andy, because one of them is authentic, while the other is calculating. Though, arguably, Benn has been catching up on that lately too.

But yeah, taking stuff with a grain of salt should be the default regardless of the person speaking.