Rather than parse the twit sentence, I think you should just apologize.
You have been our FRiend for years, betty. Remember that.
I did apologize.
I only parsed what I deliberately chose to write, to indicate the spirit in which it was written.
Why do you suggest that I don't remember that we have been FRiends for years?
Do you believe that, just because we disagree, that I have removed you from my "friends list?"
Were that the case, I'd have to "unfriend" several members of my own family....