True, but he's the judge.
Court is not a democracy. The best way to fight an abusive judge is through following strict professional protocol, and then expose the abuse when you appeal the decision.
Fighting provocation is a delicate thing - you've got to assume your provocateur is trying to get you to respond under their authority, in order to delegitimize you through your angry (even though justified) reaction to their abuse, in order to prevent you from successfully appealing against them later.
In other words:
