Unfortunately, all those who think positively about XRP are probably those who lost a lot of it. The truth is, XRP is failing and as you say, the only way to get back lost money is to short it. Waiting for the resurrection is not a good idea in my opinion.
And it is precisely because of this that the situation of ripple is so desperate, in the case of bitcoin those that have believed in it for years have obtained massive profits and have been rewarded for their confidence on the project, but what about ripple? The opposite has happened, those that kept holding their coins hoping for a recovery have in the best case scenario just wasted their time but most likely they have lost so much money that it is becoming impossible for those people to keep holding their coins despite their loyalty to ripple.
Their mindset is strong, and we can't blame these people to keep their strong determination despite of those controversial statements about SEC. That doesn't stop their, as long as profit is concerned they won't turn their backs and remain loyal to this coin. Many often time we've noticed how ripple struggled, but the existence kepts roaring.