The need for a certain portion of the internet to defend Musk at all times is absolutely weird.

Yin and Yang.

The defenders come out of the woodwork at approximately the same moment the attackers do.

Why tho? Musk calls someone a pedophile for petty reasons, he gets called out for it and his defenders respond by saying he is the reason the electric car market exist. It's absolutely bizarre.

Well the top comment about a story Musk played little part in was about Musk when I first replied. You could ask the same question of the criticizers.

So your argument is people only defend Musk when he is criticized? When else would they be able to defend him?

No, I'm merely pointing out that

> The need for a certain portion of the internet to defend Musk at all times is absolutely weird.

is no weirder than the certain portion of the internet that needs to criticize Musk at all times. In fact, the people that feel the need to interject criticisms of Musk into conversations that aren't really about him clearly have Musk living rent-free in their heads to a greater degree than the defenders do.

not only does this article mention Musk and his useless sub but its about the life Musk tried to ruin. How is it weird to bring up Musk and how he tried to ruin this hero's life?