Yes, Tripp compared to Felt....
Tripp: Victimized, threatened, demeaned, diminished, finances challenged and lost. Yet still retained dignity.
Felt: Victimizer, nefarious plotter, revenge-motivated op, challenged finances about to be boosted. Never had any real dignity to start with.
You pick the hero.
Yes, surreptitiously taping those you pretend to befriend is ever so dignified.