The story behind the internet's most viral (and misunderstood) political meme

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The story behind the internet's most viral (and misunderstood) political meme

“The quality of mercy is not strained,” argues Portia in The Merchant of Venice, meaning there should be no limits to being kind and forgiving. But 21st-century culture wars are no Shakespeare play. These days, mercy is a finite resource, and the question is how strained the quality (and quantity) of yours is, for it might reveal your tribal affiliation: liberal or conservative. Opposite moral universes At issue is a set of heatmaps from a scien…