In my completely unscientific opinion, I believe NTs and ASers have different primary drives.

I believe the primary NT drive is EGO - that is, to save face, appear as #1, to be well liked, minimize conflict, and above all, serve the PERSONAL NEEDS of their self. They will unconsciously do what it takes to maintain and increase their social status, even if it means logically being irrational or directly contradicting one's self. Being emotionally inconsistent does not bother an NT, because their reaction always feels congruent to their EGO SELF.

ASers, on the other hand, have a strong drive toward LOGIC - they want things to make sense, be clear, and above all, be consistent with the HIGHER TRUTH of universal logic.  It makes them very "honest" in a way that makes them reaction to NT ego games as "manipulative", "dishonest", and "senseless". They will unconsciously do what it takes to maintain logical TRUTH, even if it means violating certain "social faux pas" like correcting others, being blunt, or expression one's true opinion. Being logically inconsistent bothers an ASer, because - as human beings - their emotions do not always rigidly follow congruently with UNIVERSAL TRUTH.