The reason is that there exits a large anti-Musk crowd and the ledge on to any even remotely disparaging thing about Musk. And the Shotwell is the real hero very, very often gets used by people who are known to act like that.
When somebody else brings it up, out of genuine believe that she should get more exposure, its easy to throw those groups into the same crowd.
I have very deliberately tried not to do that. Shotwell should get a lot of exposure and a lot of credit.
> Why some refuse to hold him responsible for his statements is just weird.
I don't think most people actually do that. Sure its exists and there are very vocal people out there who do that.
However in general, most people don't agree with some of the things he said or does. On the other hand, I also don't think some of those statements make him the literal devil who should be in prison or even killed is a statement that is often actually made.
Musk is certainty a flawed human, and I have many criticism of him and his companies and his conduct. However, online I am far more often defending him because most of the attacks are not actually well informed and spout the same misinformation in the same over the top way.
Where people just flat out wrote their own history of events and then argue it was the truth.
Hyperloop is a good example. Musk said he would make an idea public, but he wouldn't work on it. That was his position from the beginning. However now when this is brought online people act like he promised Tesla would build a Hyperloop between LA and SF in a year or something like that. Or they just point to companies like 'Hyperloop One' and act as if Musk had anything to do with them.