Mal, shit, I had a real good response for both of you. I've always gather that TA's experience is that he lives in PG County, MD, which has more rich black folks who act like thugs than anywhere in the US.
But, I have always chalked up TA's posts to his upbringing, experiences in PG, and his mischievious nature.
Yes, I agree that some of the shit he would say is fucked up, especially in the Proteinfart days, back in 2003-05.
Fact is Mal, he baited you. You know in life that there will be people who will bait you into a conflict, verbal or physical, maybe because it's their nature or because they are mischievious
btw, you haven't succumb to your inner Uncle Ruckus yet, or you mask it real well. For PG County Md, to be the richest black county in the US, and have more black folk who are doing the damn thing, they have one of the highest crime rates...thanks to a DC mentality.