Welcome to the real world people. It's Tingalz' personal freedom to call someone a friend.
And Tingalz is correct. People will always find a way to insult, or commonly referred to as "flaming" other people. It's natural. Sometimes, albeit, it happens too often or without justification. This is not one of those times. So, people should not be restricted to happy-unicorn-I love you posts. It's human nature to hate.