Never saw the thread being referred to, but I have to say I have noticed people are very quick to jump on him more than others. It would seem sometimes that reaction is a result of historical actions (sometimes) and not the actual post in question. Like you I’m not defending him as he does clearly post some inflammatory posts and these should be called out. Perhaps as @Hooky feller says it would be better to not respond to him in some cases.
Making sick libellous accusations towards other posters last night. He massively over stepped the mark which is why the thread was quite rightly removed.