• Billegh@lemmy.world
    221·
    2 days ago

    I just want to say that I’m proud of Charlie Kirk. It’s been over 90 days since he’s made any sort of hateful or racist remark.

    • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      17·
      3 days ago

      I think the context is that there actually is a drink called Lumumba and it’s cacao with a shot. Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who was shot in 1961. If that’s ok, I want a drink named after Kirk.

        • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
          101·
          3 days ago

          I would much rather remember Patrice Lamumba, than a loser like kirk. But there is a drink called an Irish Car Bomb, so there’s no accounting for taste.

          From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Lumumba#Political_ideology “Lumumba did not espouse a comprehensive political or economic platform.[201] According to Patricia Goff, Lumumba was the first Congolese to articulate a narrative of the Congo that contradicted traditional Belgian views of colonisation, and he highlighted the suffering of the indigenous population under European rule. Goff writes that Lumumba was alone among his contemporaries in encompassing all Congolese people in his narrative (the others confined their discussions to their respective ethnicities or regions),[202] and he offered a basis for national identity that was predicated upon having survived colonial victimisation, as well as the people’s innate dignity, humanity, strength, and unity.[203] Lumumba’s ideal of humanism included the values of egalitarianism, social justice, liberty, and the recognition of fundamental rights. He viewed the state as a positive advocate for the public welfare and its intervention in Congolese society necessary to ensure equality, justice, and social harmony.[204]”

          • FoxyFerengi@startrek.website
            5·
            3 days ago

            AFAIK it’s been considered poor taste to order an Irish car bomb for a couple decades. I’ve heard it called an Irish slammer, though I’m sure there’s other names for it

          • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            1·
            2 days ago

            You can remember someone without honoring them and that’s what happens with Lumumba. Naming a drink after him is cynical and making fun of his death. I see your point that Kirk isn’t worth remembering. I would do it in the context of holding a mirror up.

          • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
            1·
            2 days ago

            It’s a bit of a catch22. On the one hand Patrice Lumumba should be remembered, and the drink does actually help with that. But on the other hand, it feels more like the kind of thing you’d do if you were celebrating the assassination than if you wanted to honor the assassination’s victim.

  • Rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    3 days ago

    I’m failing to connect the punchline here really. Charlie Kirk was shot, so I get that. He was white, so I guess I get that bit. But… mulled wine? A white mulled wine? Is there a pun I’m not getting? And with a shot? I must be missing something really obvious but at the moment I feel as though this joke has two almost-punchlines but just sort of doesn’t quite get there.

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
      8·
      3 days ago

      There is a popular drink on German christmas markets called “Lumumba” and it’s hot cocoa with a shot of rum, named after an assassinated Congolese politician.

      Normal wine isn’t really a common drink on German christmas markets. I’d say the German “Glühwein” rolls off the tongue easier than “mulled wine”, too. I guess this joke is just lost in translation …

      • glimse@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        I just read his wiki page and that’s even worse than an Irish car bomb. He fought for his people’s independence from their colonizers…and got a racist drink named after him