I still don’t understand how I am being elitist by acknowledging how awful Build Fighters is. 

By “acknowledging” you mean that your opinion that it’s bad is truth.  It’s an opinion.  And it’s fine to have that opinion, but I feel like you’re looking down on people who like it, which is elitism in my book.  It also feels like you’re criticizing me personally for it, which might just be me taking things personally but that doesn’t invalidate my feelings.

I like you a lot and I don’t want this petty shit to ruin our friendship. I’m going to drop it, because this argument isn’t worth losing a friend, you know?