identifying with social groups is an essential and healthy part

While it’s often invoked in the context of politics,partisanship is more broadly defined as a strong preference or bias towards any particular group or idea.Our political, ethnic, religious, and national identities are all different forms of partisanship.Of course, identifying with social groups is an essential and healthy part
of human life.Our sense of self is defined not only by who we are as individuals,but also by the groups we belong to.As a result, we’re strongly motivated to defend our group identities,
protecting both our sense of self and our social communities.