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Since we're turning this into a PF discussion.... I really doubt that I have an equity disadvantage on the 2nd small bet that I put in the pot when I raise.
I have position and hand that should win at least it's fair share.

So what I'm hearing is that the raise PF is bad purly because of how it makes the hand harder to play correctly post flop. Do I understand this right?

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Meh. It's straight out of HEPFAP and it's applicable even in loose games. You bloat the pot with a very very small edge (note that many who will limp with J6 will also limp with TT) and make errors that donkeys tend to make no longer errors. Basically you trade a fractional amount of EV for what is often a much bigger loss of EV in the future; you can't protect your hand (and A9o is type of hand that will need postflop protection), you will have a harder time folding in marginal spots, and by bloating the pot you heavily mitigate your normal positional advantage. You decrease your implied odds on flopping a pair, decrease the chances of a 1pr hand holding up to win UI, and don't even have nearly as big of an edge as you're assuming you have here. You have to really cherrypick hands for all 5 people to give your hand a significant edge. There's very little upside to raising and a hell of a lot of downside.

Rob