Yeah pretty much. Each of those posts in a vacuum might not have been baiting but the combination of A. Them not actually starting or contributing to any meaningful discussion, B. The spammy/repetitive nature of posting it daily, and C. Seeing that it was clearly getting a rise out of TJR and continuing to do it anyway kinda made it rise to the level of baiting IMO.
Maybe not overly egregious, but you and TJR trading those posts every day was honestly annoying and was obviously going to lead to what it led to, which was one of you getting personal.