If I were to produce a survey for users here asking if they are empathetic I would expect everyone to answer in the positive. It's like those surveys of univer

If I were to produce a survey for users here asking if they are empathetic I would expect everyone to answer in the positive. It's like those surveys of university students asking how many times a week they have sex (hint, it's much more than reality as no insecure student wants to admit they are not getting any) People want to be thought as good, kind and considerate. Whether they actually are or of it only applies to their in group are other questions. I'd wager to say that it's a selective empathy, compassion or love at its core that drives partianship. That your opposite group are full of people thinking and feeling they are good and empathetic is itself a shaking thought for most people. For example, here is something that most of the people who voted yes to in my survey would shudder at. The idea that Trump voters are acting how they do from the sense of love and positive feeling for their families and communities is very worrying for self identified empathetic people. Or how about that China is acting the way they do from a sense of love and empathy to their huge country and people and they seek to reduce suffering overall. It sounds insane doesn't it?