CM Punks Says AW Firing Was Justifiable, Doesn’t Find Making Fun Of Rape Funny

[Leo C]

Damn PC world and Linda senate runs.

 

[Y2J Enigma]

The Big Show thing was indeed of equal caliber, and it's not fair in that sense. The Vince thing...well come on, he's the owner so what is he going to do, fire himself?

That's called quitting.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I agree with punk!

Google Patrice Oneil schools brawd on funny. People who get offended by jokes need to gtfo. Rape jokes ftw

 

[Crayo]

You can't deny it was stupid of AW to say it though, all be it very funny. He wasn't even fired for that though and it would have been stupid if he was.

 

[BrockLesnarFanForLife]

CM Punk is right AW crossed the line making a joke about rape on a PG show plus CM Punk respects women alot so obviously he doesnt find rape funny at all

 

[Crayo]

CM Punk is right AW crossed the line making a joke about rape on a PG show plus CM Punk respects women alot so obviously he doesnt find rape funny at all

I don't think respecting women has anything to do with whether you find rape jokes funny. And remember, women can rape men too :

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

You can't deny it was stupid of AW to say it though, all be it very funny. He wasn't even fired for that though and it would have been stupid if he was.

Honestly I could give a fuck about AW or him being fired lol. It's not a blip on my radar. I'm just speaking against Punk's view of "don't make rape jokes they aren't funny" stance

Has anyone looked up the vid I've been pimping? I would post it if I could. It's hella relevant and Patrice Oneil is a bad motherfucker spitting truth bombs all over the place

 

[Tombstone Piledriver]

Seems like Punk is nothing but a white knight.

 

[Crayo]

Honestly I could give a F*** about AW or him being fired lol. It's not a blip on my radar. I'm just speaking against Punk's view of "don't make rape jokes they aren't funny" stance

Has anyone looked up the vid I've been pimping? I would post it if I could. It's hella relevant and Patrice Oneil is a bad motherfucker spitting truth bombs all over the place

I haven't but I'm a huge Frankie Boyle fan so I'm pretty much on your side of the fence with this too. I don't think there's any boundary with comedy if I'm honest. I doubt Kobe could give a shit about this joke anyway.

 

[Mr Cobalt]

I haven't but I'm a huge Frankie Boyle fan so I'm pretty much on your side of the fence with this too. I don't think there's any boundary with comedy if I'm honest. I doubt Kobe could give a s*** about this joke anyway.

Once again, Kobe Bryant isn't the one WWE is afraid of offending, it's rape victims.

 

[Crayo]

Once again, Kobe Bryant isn't the one WWE is afraid of offending, it's rape victims.

I don't even think it's that. It's more likely GLAAD they're afraid of (or whatever they're called). WWE don't give a shit as long as their image isn't ruined.

 

[Mr Cobalt]

I had this in an edit, but I'll just make it it's own post.

And while every topic has potential to be funny, not every topic is funny to every person, and that's what a lot of you guys seem to be overlooking. Let's say someone made a joke about people who are paralyzed. If your wife was paralyzed, you probably wouldn't find it funny, while someone whose wife is completely fine would laugh at it. Rape jokes are funny to everybody except those raped, and that is why such a big deal was made out of it. It really comes down to empathy. As you mentioned, they care about their reputation, and a joke that was viewed by millions of people on cable TV that has the ability to offend a percentage of that viewership damages reputation.

 

[Leo C]

But if we go by that logic, Jerry Lawler can't say Vickie's fat because every fat person would be offended. I agree that the joke wasn't used at the best moment but they should've just slapped him in the wrist or something.

 

[Mr Cobalt]

Is obesity and rape really the best comparison to use? I'm not saying that I'm personally offended by the rape comment, but I think a lot of people can't seem to understand why it's bad, everybody seems to think it's not a big deal because they personally aren't offended. How do we know someone in Vince's family wasn't raped, and it hits close to home? Rape is more severe than obesity.

And I'm sure his attitude had something to do with it, because while his comments were made post-firing, you can't tell me that he was truly sorry when apologizing to the higher ups, because he isn't acting like he's sorry now.

 

[Crayo]

I had this in an edit, but I'll just make it it's own post.

And while every topic has potential to be funny, not every topic is funny to every person, and that's what a lot of you guys seem to be overlooking. Let's say someone made a joke about people who are paralyzed. If your wife was paralyzed, you probably wouldn't find it funny, while someone whose wife is completely fine would laugh at it. Rape jokes are funny to everybody except those raped, and that is why such a big deal was made out of it. It really comes down to empathy. As you mentioned, they care about their reputation, and a joke that was viewed by millions of people on cable TV that has the ability to offend a percentage of that viewership damages reputation.

I agree to an extent. I do believe you can go through those types of situations and still find them funny, but it depends entirely on your personality and there is no right personality, everyone is different. Though this has gone quite off-topic and pointless now, lol. But whilst we're here, even though you're right, it's stupid to fire him for that one mistake, especially as it's completely hypocritical. Vince openly mocked JR's disease, which was a lot more offensive than AW mocking Kobe Bryant (not rape victims).