Comment by kortilla

Nope, defense is an action to prevent an attack. China isn’t building coal plants to stop global warming.

Also, the world isn’t two sides. There are tons of participants on this site who are not in the US that criticize both china and the US (i.e. most of Europe). So you realize how stupid the defense looks of “I’m behaving like a piece of shit because this guy behaves like a piece of shit” when there is a room full of people trying to do the right thing.

If your argument is whataboutism, it means you have no actual defense for your behavior. You’re just appealing to “someone else did something bad”.