What did you expect? They're shareholders, and they're okay with scamming new customers because they've been scammed out of their money themselves (and no, that doesn't make it okay).
Consider them for what they are: scammers.
I know this now. I didn't know anything about the massive scam of shares that these guys invested in. Of course they need to defend the company, victims of a scam are often delusional, and its possible that these guys will profit if more people buy from vmc.
Two things going on here.
One is the dumb animal fear of people just realizing the shit they got themselves into. There's a guy here who "invested" his retirement fund, i shit you not, into this bag of festering fail. Can you frikin' imagine? And, just like with a Ponzi scheme, admitting the truth means you'll be the one left holding the bag.
The other sort-a stems from the first. Most here are too stupid to scam, so don't attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.