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Anthony Cumia Fired from Sirius for a School Shooter Tweet
from Soak It Up · #93
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4 minNews
Tim breaks down Anthony (DePaulo/Cumia)'s tweet joking about future school shooters targeting faculty lounges, argues the joke was tame, criticizes his apology, and questions why anyone still tries to work out jokes on Twitter or why SiriusXM has a future.
- 15:42Anthony Cumia tweeted at school shooters to confine themselves to college campuses, specifically faculty lounges at Berkeley and Fresno State.
- 15:55Tim says it's a joke and Cumia was fired, calling it an overreaction when suspension might have been more appropriate.
- 16:12Giving corporations an inch on apologies means they'll take the mile and fire you anyway.
- 16:30The tweet is inherently taboo humor, not actual advocacy, and people's inability to parse that context is the real problem.
- 16:59Tim argues comedians shouldn't work out jokes on Twitter because unfinished material lacks the context needed for comedy.
- 17:29Working out jokes on Twitter is a mistake since you're not saying it on stage with proper framing.
- 17:58Sirius is terrified of losing advertisers, which is why they fired Cumia.
- 18:08Tim explains why podcasts are essential and questions why Sirius has a future at all.