Question

When the porters fight they dive into their problems and talk about them at length, but their fights are sprinkled with remarks such as "i see your point" and "that must have been hard for you." the porters are best classified as?

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Validators.

People who held the role as validators would give acceptance/recognition to the problem and emotion that experienced by other people.
When these people involved in a fight, they would always try to find a middle ground with their opposition.