I guess we disagree on 'consider the alternative'. Considering is one thing, OP reads to me as quite certain anyone would knowingly do so.

Yes correct, it is an entirely hypothetical thought experiment, no one is grieving here which is why it's ok to say the answer landed on in that thought experiment is disturbing and bad.

You can empathise with the desire to escape grief while also knowing it is deeply unhealthy to do so, and that going further to say "I would knowingly trick myself with a golem doing an impression of someone who loved me with no thoughts or will of their own" is a disturbing thing to be ok with

The gap of talent between you or I, and the most successful streamers or journalists or opinionists is pretty small. Mostly it’s being in the right place at the right time and having the knack of saying interesting or shameless things. But between you or I and a professional athlete is a chasm

It feels like people are desperately seeking reasons to still think she sucks even though the facts don't bear that out. If hundreds of millions of people were saying something false about me and it ruined my life, I would want to respond!