1. Will his vile comments on Megyn Kelly be the end of Trump? Maybe. But there's also reason to think this is more like John McCain Redux.
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2. For one thing, it's not like Trump's critics are notable for their respectful treatment of women: https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/8784700117 …
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3. It's true that Kelly is a popular TV personality and Trump looked like a boor. But also, consider the FHRITP phenomenon
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4. On FHRITP, see here:http://www.cbc.ca/news/fhritp-cbc-s-the-national-looks-at-the-offensive-trend-1.3080609 …
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5. To spare you a google search, FHRITP is where people, mostly men, sabotage TV news report by a female journalist by yelling obscenities.
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5. FHRITP is a popular prank because it plays to a certain (mostly male) resentment of glamor/prestige/status of female TV news journalists
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6. I suspect Trump's base would laugh at a FHRITP stunt and with anger dismiss criticism as PC. So they might give Trump a pass on this.
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