PROFESSIONAL PLT ENCOUNTERS UNPROFESSIONAL TWR CTLR.

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I CALLED THE CTL TWR AS INSTRUCTED BY NY APCH CTL. I WAS APCHING FROM THE E IN VERY GOOD WX CONDITIONS. THE TWR ACKNOWLEDGED MY FIRST CALL AND INSTRUCTED ME TO ENTER THE DOWNWIND LEG (RWY 16) AT MID-FIELD. UPON ACCOMPLISHING THIS; I CALLED THE TWR TO RPT MID-FIELD; DOWNWIND; RWY 16. THERE WAS NO REPLY. SOON THEREAFTER THERE WERE SEVERAL CALLS TO THE TWR FROM AN ACFT ON THE GND AND OTHERS IN THE AIR. NONE WERE ANSWERED. I AGAIN RPTED DOWNWIND (NOW ABEAM THE RWY THRESHOLD) WITH NO REPLY. MY THOUGHT: WAS THIS NOW AN 'UNCTLED' ARPT? OTHER ACFT WERE CALLING THE TWR WITH NO REPLY. THERE WAS NO 'CTL' TWR. ON FINAL; I MADE ONE LAST CALL; EXECUTED A MISSED APCH WITH THE APPROPRIATE CALL AND STARTED A CLB TO 1000 FT ABOVE THE FIELD. AT THIS POINT; THE TWR SUDDENLY CAME ALIVE AND LITERALLY SHOUTED WORDS CLOSELY APPROXIMATING THESE: 'XXX; YOU DON'T DO THAT; NOT AT THIS ARPT OR AT ANY ARPT I'VE EVER WORKED AT. NOW YOU GO BACK TO THE DOWNWIND LEG AND TRY IT AGAIN. YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT.' DUMBFOUNDED; I ANSWERED; 'TWR; THIS IS XXX; YOU WATCH YOUR MOUTH.' TWR THEN DIRECTED ME TO EXECUTE 2 360 DEG TURNS ON THE DOWNWIND LEG. SINCE TWR FAILED TO SPECIFY THE DEG OF BANK; THE ALT AND THE AIRSPD TO BE MAINTAINED DURING THESE TURNS; I PRESUME THAT THEY WERE FOR 'TFC CTL' RATHER THAN FOR PUNISHMENT OR TRAINING EXERCISES. SUDDENLY; THE TWR VOICE CHANGED; AND LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. I AM VERY CONCERNED; NOT BECAUSE THERE WAS ANY TFC HAZARD; OR EVEN A POTENTIAL CONFLICT. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I WITNESSED THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD IN MY 46 YRS OF FLYING IN MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES. THE TWR'S OUTBURST COULD EASILY HAVE PUSHED A LESS EXPERIENCED PERSON INTO A THOUGHTLESS ACT. I WILL ADMIT THAT MY THICK SKIN WAS SHAKEN TO THE CORE.