Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

I'm going to open myself up to abuse and most likely my opinion is the opposite of others, but here goes:

Yesterday I unintentionally rode close behind someone else. I was not intending on drafting, I wasn't really close enough to be drafting, I was just away in my own thoughts and pedalling. I suddenly realised the guy in front had slowed down massively and I jumped on the brakes, did a little skid, but no biggie, didn't get that close to him, but hearing the skid probably shook him up a bit so I shouted an apology, and then at the next lights I pulled up next to him and apologised again. He didn't look at me, but just said, "shouldn't be riding so close" while staring straight ahead. It took me a while but after playing it back in my head while at the lights, I realised eventually that there had been no hazard, no reason to jam the brakes on for him, he'd basically "brake checked" me because he felt I was riding too close to him.

Brake checks are for cunts. If you feel like brake checking someone, just think, "what if the person behind doesn't slow down in time?" It's fucking dangerous and a dick move. Don't like someone's riding? Say something, slow down gently and let them past so you don't have to be near them, turn off and stop for a minute and then carry on, slamming the brakes on is likely to cause an accident. If you both get tangled up, you'll both be in pain, with broken bikes, and based on my experience providing evidence as a witness in court, the brake checker will be the one paying for the damage, not the brake checkee, for intentionally causing an accident.