Joe Kendall (@joekendall.bsky.social)

I’m excited to see this published in @polbehavior.bsky.social! When faced with historical harms committed by an ingroup, what is the effect of ‘whataboutism’ — appeals to ‘worse’ harms committed by other groups? 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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We Could Have Been Worse: ‘Whataboutism’ and Defensive Memory Among Perpetrator Groups - Political Behavior Can exposure to harmful acts committed by other groups obstruct meaningful confrontation with one’s own group history? This paper explores the extent to which favourable inter-group comparison — the i... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-026-10133-y