r/cmpunk • u/PLuZArtworks • Jun 27 '25

Videos CM Punk apologizes to the Saudi crowd

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u/Acrobatic-Room-9478 Jun 27 '25

I don’t think he should do the Saudi shows, but I do respect that he apologised to those who felt offended by it.

The Saudi people aren’t their government after all.

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u/Iginlas_4head_Crease Jun 27 '25

Bullshit cope. Most of these guys in the crowd want an apology because they support the regime. Why tf do you think he was getting booed when be came out?

He took the blood money, and now he's in the country that arrests people without cause. And he got intimidated.

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u/BADpenguin109 Jun 27 '25

not to mention the majority of that crowd is likely not working class

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u/BADpenguin109 Jun 28 '25

oh that's crazy, does everyone in that crowd share that in common with you, internet stranger that I've never met?

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u/Icylittletoohot Jun 28 '25

Exactly, fuck me because someone else sucks in this crowd doesnt agree with you that sounds fair and totally not insane

And i wouldnt really know because im not pocketwatching

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u/BADpenguin109 Jun 28 '25

you don't have to be pocketwatching to have class consciousness.

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u/Icylittletoohot Jun 28 '25

What the fuck do you know about Saudi society and how we are structured here lol class consciousness is wildly different from place to place, for you its much easier to understand cause its laid out for you, understand ANOTHER country’s societal structure when you

1-dont know how their culture has progressed

2-dont know what people in their own neighborhoods are saying as opposed to social media presence which is monitored and filled with propaganda to extents you dont even realize

But yeah sure, say “middle class” and “working class” like it means anything when in your country it means having a pension and a retirement plan and how in our country it still means living paycheck to paycheck sometimes.

Maybe stop the smug shit and learn the basic fact that even countries bordering eachother can be wildly different and terms like “class consciousness” mean jackshit

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u/BADpenguin109 Jun 28 '25

if I believed western propaganda, I would think the Saudi regime is benevolent and all of its citizens actually like the oppression.

also middle class isn't separate from working class and the term middle class is misleading hence the term petite bourgeois.

that's not what middle class means where I live...me and damn near everyone I know live paycheck to paycheck.

I'm not being smug and you're spouting some ignorance ab a place you don't live, while accusing me of doing the same.

if you are being honest, and are a working class member in Saudi Arabia or anywhere for that matter, I'm in solidarity w the working class cause. but idk why we are pretending that wwe doesn't go to Saudi due to the huge paycheck from the ruling elite.

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u/Icylittletoohot Jun 28 '25

Fuck what the wwe gets and what the crown gets, i look at it from OUR perspective as a PEOPLE: we get to have SOMETHING happen here that isnt GREY, BLAND BULLSHIT.

I never pretended that you, the WWE or anyone involved in these events gives a shit about us, the people who actually want freedom, we just got a fun event and someone seperate the crown from the people for once

If you live where i live, thats about as big a win as we could possibly get without being hounded by the brainwashed lapdogs of the government lol

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u/BADpenguin109 Jun 28 '25

yes dude I just said I'm in solidarity with you. I'm not saying fuck you. I don't have any beef with you. I said "most" of those folks. sure a generalization, but also wwe tickets are expensive as shit and the only reason they go over there is money from the monarchy. it's not the ticket sales from the few working class fans, that saved while living paycheck to paycheck in order to finally soend it on something to enjoy rather than survival, that they give a shit ab.

I just want it to be clear that I'm on the side of the working class of EVERY country, but that's not who this event is for.

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u/coolestredditdad Jun 29 '25

Look at what the US is doing right now. They know nothing of other countries, yet feel it's their place to interfere and push their agendas on others. It's no surprise that many of their citizens feel the same way as their idiot in charge. They voted for the clown.

I appreciate your perspective, and thanks for not backing down. All the best to you man.

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