Charlie StrossFeb 5
I'd like to be able to call Kier Starmer the C-word in public but understandably this might offend a lot of people, so instead I'm going to call him an Unrinsed Fleshlight.
Show threadTane Piper ⁂Feb 5

@cstross Why?

A spade is a spade.

I once called Cameron a cunt to his face while he was filming with a BBC news crew on Princes St. I wonder if it's in the archives?

Show threadFazal MajidFeb 5
@tanepiper @cstross because it is extremely insulting to women to have parts of their anatomy compared to Starmer, just it would be invidious towards excrement to call him a shit.
Show threadTane Piper ⁂

@fazalmajid @cstross In Scotland, we have a very different relationship to the word

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cunt+(Scottish+Definition)

Society does a lot more *actual* harm than a word causes

Urban Dictionary: Cunt (Scottish Definition

Used widely in the Scottish dialect to replace the word "person", not necessarily always used in a derogatory manner. Also replaces words which end in "one", referring to another person.

Urban Dictionary
Feb 5 at 11:57amWeb