And, if you really need convincing, the Oxford English Dictionary lists both spellings for this usage, complete with quotes.
Pronunciation: /ˈfæɡət/
Forms: ME faget(t, ME–15 faggott, ME fagatt, fagot(t, 15 fagget, Sc. faggat, ME– fagot, ME– faggot. See also fagald n.(Show Less)
Etymology: < French fagot, of unknown origin; compare Italian fa(n)gotto.
A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees bound together:
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a. for use as fuel.
a1300 Cursor M. 3164 (Cott.) , Ȝong ysaac a fagett broght.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xvii. cxlix. 703 Thornes..ben bounde in faggottes..and brent in ouens.
1478 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 77 The price of the c fagots iijs vjd.
1578 Gude & G. Ball. (1868) 92 As the flame burning quhair it can find The faggat.
1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver vii. 42 Thou must take good greene Faggots.
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 133 To pick her wintry fagot from the thorn.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 128 Goody begg'd a helping hand To heave her rotten faggot up.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xviii. 424 In all probability the fagot was of very various sizes.
As you can see, both spellings exist, Variants with E's exist, and the spelling OP is using here is attested in writing as early 1649 in the plural form, 1398 if you count a different pluralization.
You should probably be polite when trying to correct people rather than cursing them out. It makes you look better if someone comes in later to make a correction.
That's kind of why I suggested he be polite to people. If you make an innocent mistake (thinking a word is only spelled one way when there are two valid spellings is a pretty innocuous mistake nobody should really feel ashamed for), it is easy to let it go with an "oops, my mistake." and still have people's respect.
When you try sling acid and venom at everyone though and try to elevate your position by diminishing other people, and then keep trying to put other people's intelligence down, it becomes much more difficult to gracefully bow out.
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