As we’ve seen recently, there seems to be a resurgence of awful. In Canada, a reporter was harassed by a kid who shouted a phrase that was canceled over ten years ago.
CityNews Toronto reporter Michelle Mackey was recording a standup in front of the Rogers Centre in Toronto when a boy shouted a vulgarity that can be boiled down to “FHRITP”. He was with an adult man who appeared to be encouraging the behavior.
“This was one of the most alarming things I’ve witnessed as a news reporter. What looked to be an 8 or 9-year-old boy yelled this at me, WITH HIS FATHER BY HIS SIDE,” she wrote on social media. “They proceeded to laugh and walk away. Out of respect for the child, I’m blurring their faces. Whether this is yelled at a man or woman, it perpetuates and normalizes misogyny. I’m sharing this to show we have a long way to go. I thought this horrible trend was over.”
The trend of yelling the phrase was a thing back in 2014.
She said she waved the two over to have a chat with them, but they walked away.
“I just wanted to look that father and kid in the eye and ask, ‘Can you say that again, looking at me as a human being?’” she told NBC’s TODAY. “But they just laughed and gave me a thumbs up before walking away.”
