///Hello again. Just trying to help this misunderstanding! Not taking sides or anything so please don't think that. I'm just giving an outside, hopefully unbias view on the situation!

Sometimes honest critiques are very harsh. There was only one comment in there that I found was actually the comment an "ass" would make (number 5). I've gone into detail in a reply to another of his comments ( [link] ) and I'm hoping to help work out this misunderstanding.

Instead of getting worked up, defensive, and calling names, it would be best to simply say, "Your critique was quite harsh, and I was wondering if you could expand on it and share some references being more blunt then crude, even if you didn't mean to be."

I would also like to point out that the BEST MSpaint artists have experiences in other programs, and that a "drawing" looks much better in a program like GIMP as it helps clean up the lines. Paint is brilliant for things such as pixel art and sprites, but not really for flat colour drawings (though I'm guilty of creating such, as well!). MSpaint is the bare minimum you can get in a program; people shouldn't be dwelling on it because it can only get you so far. While I agree that it's not the program that matters, it is the art; you have to take into account what TYPE of art is being created, and find the right program for such!
For example, I wouldn't recommend paint for an artist who draws; I'd recommend it for a pixel artist.
Just like I wouldn't recommend MyPaint to a pixel artist; I would give it to a painter.
And I wouldn't give a painter a Vector image program. I'd give that to someone who likes working with vectors.
And it's a cycle.
The program does matter. It matters a whole lot. An artist should be able to utilise every inch of the program to make their work the best it can be; but if they can't do that the program just doesn't fit their needs. If the artist doesn't understand the program, the program is useless. Paint is not a drawing program, in my opinion. It is a pixel program. Paint.net is close to a drawing program; but it's still very very basic and is better for pixels.
GIMP was actually a good program to recommend; it has a lot for someone who does drawings like this to use and improve with. It doesn't NEED pen pressure to make it look right (as opposed to FireAlpaca or the like) but it still has that option for people who want to use it. It gives you easy transparency, layer locking options, good filters, and heaps of other tools that I would kill to be able to use again (GIMP won't work for me anymore, which is so dumb ugh). It can also be used for both drawing AND painting, and if you really want you could attempt pixel art on it.
So GIMP is a good program which is an all-rounder and great for people to test their hand at new techniques (from which they can search for specialised programs to bring their potentual to the max). Paint isn't actually very good at all. It works, but not for everyone, and requires a lot of effort to make it look right. If they want to use Paint, they'll need to research how to use it to it's full potential. I recommend they move out of their comfort zone, but ultimately it's their choice if they do or not.

The only time that ~LittleHouseOfMorons stooped to name calling was after =Goldofthestars got defensive and denied that she was seeking critique; which if you read my comment here [link] I explain she should put in the description what she is seeking in her critique (design critiques only, anatomy critiques please, full picture critiques, redlines, etc) or if they do not want critiques they should not put it in at all to avoid this sort of thing.

Also, they are not trolling-
"Fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat: "we trolled for mackerel"." and "search for something"
-are the definitions. If you bring this into the internet, "Fish (for drama) by trailing a baited line (of insults and/or deliberately bad acts) behind a boat (your profile/forum/otherwise)." They were not searching for a bad reaction (at least from what I could see), they were just not clear in what they were trying to explain.

Again, not trying to be bias, just giving my two cents and trying to help everyone see the other side of the argument is valid, too.

There are aspects of both in the crit. And all of my suggestions are valid. You can cry about it as much as you want, it doesn't make my crit any less valid.