[FarMcKon]

"It Could Be Worse" is the absolute worst apologist argument, for anything. Please never excuse something bad, because you can imagine, or see somewhere else something even worse.

[akira2501]

It's not apologia. It's pointing out that this "planet ending doom and gloom" meme driven attitude is not well aligned to the problem being discussed.

I would personally attempt to avoid using language that people could interpret as moral bullying.