This site is not like a general "Reddit" page or even an unbiased YouTube video in the comment section. This is a Flatearthsociety site. Why would one feel compelled to defend the globe, if the earth were a globe and it was as plain as day the globe would defend itself, but it can't because there is nothing to defend.
Sleeping, scared and lost dreams. Then one day you awake from the madness, I will be here when you do to answer all your questions.
It used to actually be pretty interesting. You don't have to believe in FET to acknowledge the inventiveness behind a number of the mechanisms and explanations used within the model, and when making informed points you tend to learn a whole lot more about whatever it is you're defending. It's more about how you engage than what you engage with.
It's just been steadily getting worse, and it's more about ego trips than debate. No one's afraid, you'd be hard pressed to find a thread that puts any effort into 'defending a globe,' it's more snark and disbelief that anyone believes in FET.
Debating, listening, responding... is a lot of fun for both parties, is interesting, enjoyable... That's why a lot of older users are here. It just tends to be now that more often there's not much in the way of responding and more in the way of just acting superior irrespective of what the other person said. Hardly fear, just typical internet behaviour.