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Original [TotalFark]
2022-10-20 9:01:48 AM  
Original Tweet:
 
Some Junkie Cosmonaut
2022-10-20 8:30:57 PM  
The mic is always live

/that being said... snerk
 
New Farkin User Name
2022-10-20 8:34:44 PM  
His response proves that he, in fact, was deserving of the epithet

He later tweeted: "After a robust interview with Steve Baker MP I used a very offensive word in an unguarded moment off air. While it was not broadcast that word in any context is beneath the standards I set myself and I apologise unreservedly. I have reached out to Steve Baker to say sorry."

Mr Baker later replied to the tweet accepting the apology. "I appreciate you apologising. Thank You," he wrote.

But, later, Mr Baker told John Pienaar on Times Radio that he hopes Channel 4 sacks the journalist.

Mr Baker said: "I had an interview earlier with a journalist I don't have a great deal of regard for, who I felt always misrepresenting the situation through the construction of his question, which I called out, I think live on air, or I thought it was a pre-record. And he clearly didn't like that, quite right, too. But I'd be quite honest, I spent a long time live on air, calling him out on his contact as a journalist and glad to do so any time. But it's most unfortunate that he has sworn on air like that. If it's in breach of his code of conduct, I do hope they sack him - it would be a service to the public."
 
iheartscotch
2022-10-20 8:36:08 PM  
I mean....isn't being a c*nt a requirement for oppressing people?
 
alienated
2022-10-20 8:36:39 PM  
It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.
 
Kalyco Jack
2022-10-20 8:38:12 PM  
If it was the Scottish Minister he would've taken it as a complement.
 
LordOfThePings [OhFark]
2022-10-20 8:39:17 PM  
Cunk?

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replacementcool
2022-10-20 8:44:35 PM  

alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.


indeed being called a good coont here in NZ or australia that's very high praise indeed. shiatcoonts on the other hand.
 
mrparks
2022-10-20 8:44:58 PM  
Stop gendering swears. Everyone is an asshole.
 
Bungles
2022-10-20 8:46:13 PM  

alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.


Yeah... no.

That's true in casual friendly conversation. It absolutely isn't true on broadcast news, and is exactly the same as the US.
 
farkitallletitend
2022-10-20 8:48:54 PM  
Just reminding him of an appointment next Tuesday when he'd see him again.
 
Alaskan Yoda [BareFark]
2022-10-20 8:53:17 PM  

alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.


Bloody right, mate
 
Kris_Romm
2022-10-20 8:56:38 PM  
Silky Bunt!
 
Coco LaFemme [OhFark]
2022-10-20 9:01:02 PM  

alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.


I guarantee you, if you call a woman (or a man) a "coont" in London, they'll punch your teeth through the back of your head just like someone here would. The difference between how we view that word and how people in other English-speaking countries view it has been vastly overblown, thanks in part to TV and movies. Maybe when you're drunk and messing around with your friends, saying something like, "You daft coont, I can't believe you missed the Everton/Liverpool match," it's fine, but outside of that context? No way.
 
Senseless_drivel
2022-10-20 9:01:58 PM  
Who still uses that word?
 
alienated
2022-10-20 9:07:44 PM  

Coco LaFemme: alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.

I guarantee you, if you call a woman (or a man) a "coont" in London, they'll punch your teeth through the back of your head just like someone here would. The difference between how we view that word and how people in other English-speaking countries view it has been vastly overblown, thanks in part to TV and movies. Maybe when you're drunk and messing around with your friends, saying something like, "You daft coont, I can't believe you missed the Everton/Liverpool match," it's fine, but outside of that context? No way.


True. I should have used the term " in the proper context" . My mistake. It's one thing to call a mate a silly c word , entirely another to say it to a stranger.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-20 9:08:56 PM  

alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.


It shouldn't be. If you can call an unpleasant person a dick, a cock or a bellend then it shouldn't be any different to call that person a coont, a fanny or a roaring purple vagina.
 
KodosZardoz
2022-10-20 9:13:09 PM  

Alaskan Yoda: alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.

Bloody right, mate


Bloody poop?
 
Daddy's Big Pink Man-Squirrel
2022-10-20 9:13:33 PM  

Gordon Bennett: alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.

It shouldn't be. If you can call an unpleasant person a dick, a cock or a bellend then it shouldn't be any different to call that person a coont, a fanny or a roaring purple vagina.


I find "clunge plunger" and "sausage scabbard" to be both less rude and much much ruder.
 
Philomena Cunk
2022-10-20 9:15:50 PM  

LordOfThePings: Cunk?

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Yes?
 
usahole
2022-10-20 9:20:29 PM  

Coco LaFemme: alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.

I guarantee you, if you call a woman (or a man) a "coont" in London, they'll punch your teeth through the back of your head just like someone here would. The difference between how we view that word and how people in other English-speaking countries view it has been vastly overblown, thanks in part to TV and movies. Maybe when you're drunk and messing around with your friends, saying something like, "You daft coont, I can't believe you missed the Everton/Liverpool match," it's fine, but outside of that context? No way.


Not really. It (ironically) doesn't have the inherent misogyny in the UK that it does in the US
 
fallingcow
2022-10-20 9:22:01 PM  

Senseless_drivel: Who still uses that word?


Some romance novel authors.

Some dudes if their lady likes it.
 
Sin'sHero [TotalFark]
2022-10-20 10:49:57 PM  

Senseless_drivel: Who still uses that word?


The ones who will rue the day.
 
LordOfThePings [OhFark]
2022-10-20 10:52:43 PM  

Philomena Cunk: LordOfThePings: Cunk?

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/NvpbW7JRu0Q]

Yes?


Hello?
 
Philomena Cunk
2022-10-20 10:56:35 PM  

LordOfThePings: Philomena Cunk: LordOfThePings: Cunk?

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Yes?

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SonOfSpam [BareFark]
2022-10-20 11:02:11 PM  

Gordon Bennett: alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.

It shouldn't be. If you can call an unpleasant person a dick, a cock or a bellend then it shouldn't be any different to call that person a coont, a fanny or a roaring purple vagina.


Username checks out.
 
urethra_franklin [OhFark]
2022-10-20 11:04:59 PM  

Gordon Bennett: alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.

It shouldn't be. If you can call an unpleasant person a dick, a cock or a bellend then it shouldn't be any different to call that person a coont, a fanny or a roaring purple vagina.


Well, I don't like your tweed, sir.

/not sure that one land like it did in the 1870s
//also, I'm sure your tweed is fine
 
BMulligan
2022-10-20 11:27:35 PM  

mrparks: Stop gendering swears. Everyone is an asshole.


I once worked with a woman who insisted that gendered insults - and specifically, the word in question here - are sexist. I asked her how long it had been since she called someone a dick. We all knew it had been less than half an hour (I mean, we were there when it happened), so she didn't say much of anything else for a while after that.
 
BMulligan
2022-10-20 11:28:54 PM  

Senseless_drivel: Who still uses that word?


Bro, do you even incognito mode?
 
Day_Old_Dutchie
2022-10-21 12:13:19 AM  

Alaskan Yoda: alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.

Bloody right, mate


Australia, you say?

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mrparks
2022-10-21 2:02:04 AM  

BMulligan: mrparks: Stop gendering swears. Everyone is an asshole.

I once worked with a woman who insisted that gendered insults - and specifically, the word in question here - are sexist. I asked her how long it had been since she called someone a dick. We all knew it had been less than half an hour (I mean, we were there when it happened), so she didn't say much of anything else for a while after that.


coont coont coont. Dick Dick Dick.


Weird.
 
Some Junkie Cosmonaut
2022-10-21 2:16:25 AM  

mrparks: BMulligan: mrparks: Stop gendering swears. Everyone is an asshole.

I once worked with a woman who insisted that gendered insults - and specifically, the word in question here - are sexist. I asked her how long it had been since she called someone a dick. We all knew it had been less than half an hour (I mean, we were there when it happened), so she didn't say much of anything else for a while after that.

coont coont coont. Dick Dick Dick.


Weird.


American based website, and in American coont is a FAR worse word than dick.  You can call someone a dick all you like and at worst probably get a "Yeah screw you too"  Calling them a coont is liable to get you aggro right quick - especially directed at a woman.  That one's on the "You'd better want to be starting a fight if you use that at someone" list
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-21 3:43:28 AM  

urethra_franklin: Gordon Bennett: alienated: It's not such a bad word in the UK or Australia like it is here. Ditto for the s word for poop.

It shouldn't be. If you can call an unpleasant person a dick, a cock or a bellend then it shouldn't be any different to call that person a coont, a fanny or a roaring purple vagina.

Well, I don't like your tweed, sir.

/not sure that one land like it did in the 1870s
//also, I'm sure your tweed is fine


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Aussie_As
2022-10-21 4:31:48 AM  
It's a widely used word in Australia but it's still the worst of all swear words, based on the time-honoured scale of how hard your mum slaps you if you drop swear words in front of Grandma.

It's at the top of the ladder, the f-word or variations thereon down a rung, the s-word probably a couple of rungs below that ever since then Prime Minister Bob Hawke said "bullshiat" in a media interview in the late 80's.
 
alienated
2022-10-21 3:51:52 PM  

Gordon Bennett: roaring purple vagina


Now *that* is a helluva band name.
 
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