Maybe they defended it because wearing clothes is not "evidence" of anything. They gave alternative possibilities/theories, some of which are now potentially being substantiated with links to Q posts.

Nobody on either side of this has any clue where he truly stands. It still remains to be seen. Some people jumped to "he must be a satanist" so others responded with other possibilities. Neither group really knew at the time, and we still don't. That order is also important. Many weren't giving it as a possibility, they were declaring it as the only explanation, and THEN people gave their more pro-musk theories. Pushing back against this is not idol worship, sorry.

Also, this makes me think of people saying "even if the vax is poison, you're still dumb because you didn't really KNOW back then". If people offering what is effectively a defense of Musk over this turn out to be 100% right, are you going to call them blind fanboys for being right?

Maybe, like you said, these people just want Musk to be a good guy since he just bought Twitter and are hoping that turns out well? And as such offered alternate theories on the costume? Maybe you jumping to "mUh IdOl WoRsHiP" says more about you than it does about them?

Personally, I can't recall ever seeing this kind of behavior here. Certainly not in any popular, common, and/or accepted manner. I HAVE seen a bunch of people complaining about it, though...

I've also seen some vehemently anti-Musk people who refuse to even consider the possibility that there is some good to go with the bad, and that he may be a net positive and/or flipped/controlled by white hats.

But no idol worshipers here, and mostly just see this as a way to attack alternative theories.