I've observed this as well. It feels like we need an equivalent to "humble bragging" for empathy. Empathy bragging? It's like they've tricked themselves into t

I've observed this as well. It feels like we need an equivalent to "humble bragging" for empathy. Empathy bragging? It's like they've tricked themselves into thinking that they're very empathetic when what they really feel is particularly strong in-group/outgroup affinity/antipathy.