PA28 PLT LWOC AT CRG ARPT AND CLAIMS CONTRACT TWR CTLR WAS UNNECESSARILY ABUSIVE WITH HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE SIT.

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VFR FLT UNDER APCH SQUAWK CODE OVER DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE CALLED CTLR TO ADVISE FREQ CHANGE FOR ATIS/TWR CALL FOR LNDG AT CRG. CTLR ADVISED 'KEEP SQUAWK CODE; CALL CRAIG TWR' (NFCT). UPON CALLING TWR; CTLR AS EXTREMELY RUDE; STATED MY INTENTIONS FOR LNDG AT CRG. HE TOLD ME TO ENTER L DOWNTOWN FOR RWY 32; WHICH I DID. THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE IN PATTERN; SO I PROCEEDED TO BASE AND FINAL AND LANDED. CTLR CALLED ME ASKING ME IF I HAD CLRNC TO LAND. I REPLIED NO. THE CTLR WAS EXTREMELY RUDE AND CONDESCENDING. I FEEL THAT HIS MANNER WAS TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL. IT'S AS THOUGH HE WAITED FOR ME TO LAND; THE HE SCOLDED ME LIKE A 2 YR OLD; TELLING ME TO CALL THE TWR ON THE PHONE. WHEN I CALLED THE TWR; HE TOLD ME THAT HE ORIGINALLY TOLD ME TO RPT MIDFIELD. I NEVER HEARD HIM SAY THIS. I; AS PIC; WAS WRONG FOR LNDG WITHOUT A CLRNC. HOWEVER; WE; AS A CTLR; SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT THE FLT AT RISK BY COMMUNICATING IN THIS MANNER WHILE I WAS FLYING THE PLANE. HE SCOLDED ME ON THE PHONE AND STATED THAT THIS CONVERSATION NEVER HAPPENED AND THAT HE KNEW WHAT I LOOKED LIKE AND IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN; HE WOULD HAVE THE FAA CHASE ME DOWN AND TAKE MY TICKETS.