I don't blame you for sticking up for your friends, I would probably think less of you if you did not. But don't set yourself up as some fair and balanced judge when in fact you have now proven yourself to be a biased and partisan advocate of a bunch of children who cannot handle the slightest criticism, constructive or otherwise, and lash out in fits of hysteria when confronted with same.
You remind of the parent who sits quietly smiling as their children scream and throw food all over the floor of a restaurant...then leave the mess for someone else to clean up.