[gosub100]

I would say the climate change argument is particularly pernicious as its general form implies we all need to submit to more government control, we all need to feel guilt for being alive, and suffer higher prices or all sorts of market manipulation (EV rebates, "green programs", shuttering power plants) while the rich elite fly around on private jets burning hundreds of pounds of fuel per hour. While corporations simply outsource manufacturing to Asia, completely circumventing any environmental laws, cutting jobs, and burning bunker oil to move the product back here.

I don't believe a single thing they say.

[maest]

That's a false dichotomy.

"Since there are murderers out there, it is fine for me to murder/there is no point in trying to reduce murder rates."

[gosub100]

It's a false equivalency to put carbon emissions on par with any crime, much less a violent felony.