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  • I’m so very glad you asked.

    Your argument is, broadly:

    “Biden worked hard to fix the climate. Maybe not hard enough for many people, but hard. He was stymied by many things, one of which was time. People are too critical of him when they should read more about the impact of the things he did do, and they should take a hard look at what they’ve done to help fix an existential problem that could kill us all.”

    The opinion you have, “that Biden has done enough to be defended” is fine. I disagree with it but that’s the Internet, w/e.

    Problem: you are using the fact “this is an existential problem, we must all fix this problem or die” as a defense of Biden. You can’t do this, because the two things are not the same topic. Doing what you have done is called a logical fallacy, specifically “whataboutism”.

    Now, while adding nothing but more hot air, you wish to appear as if you know a lot while offering nothing of substance. Maybe you’re also hoping to move away from the fallacy, because admitting youre wrong, ever amounts to a deadly ego blow.

    I’ve dealt with a million peeps just like this. If you’re following their lead I suppose your next move is to say “that’s not my argument at all, it’s actually [another bad argument]”. That would be very boring, so dont do that please.

    Instead, commit to stop using bad logic to defend your points. Doing so can make good points into bad ones. Refresh your knowledge on logical fallacies and endeavor to avoid them