I am feeling like these arguments from the people vehemently defending hating TLJ, they’re rationalizing. They want to hate it, and so are finding reasons to justify their position.
Yes, it seems some people have thrown reason out the window, and are being willfully obtuse about it.
This is unfair. I wanted to like it (I loved TFA) and I am openly jealous of those people who loved it, wishing I could be in their number. But I’m not.
The same argument could be levelled at some of the people who loved it despite its many glaring flaws. They ‘wanted to like it’ and so will say anything to convince others (and themselves).
Or maybe the above is bullshit and people just like different things… how about that?