To the left, not caring about strangers in another country is a moral failing. So yes, they think it's a gotcha. The idea that you might put your wife, son, neighbor, countryman ahead of someone else who is suffering is anathema to them.
(Hat tip to Hoe Math for the cleaned up and updated version of this chart.)
No, literally. The left empathizes, or at least pretends to empathize with, the general range of "all animals in the universe to Every natural thing in the universe, including rocks," whereas Conservative empathy is focused on "Extended family to all your acquaintances." As defined as, "if you could spend your capacity to help, give, be charitable, to be empathetic, or to be generous on something, where would you spend this capacity?" Or, to put it another way, "what circle of stuff are you concerned about right and wrong being done towads them."
The right cares about their family, extended family, closest friends, friends, and aquaintances, mostly the extended family/closest friends. The left almost doesn't give a fuck about those people and instead claims to care about every living thing or every nonliving thing in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
It could be that the left are faking it cause they think that's what a "good person" would say. Or they could be absolute sociopaths covering that up with pathological altruism. Of course, they never sacrifice anything themselves, but they're happy to give away your money and your resources at will.
Either way, we need to reboot the mental health and education industries, shoo out the marxist rot, and figure out how to fix this brain rot REAL fucking quick.