We must force Ariana Grande to go back in time and kill
Hitler.
The public doughnut-licker, who also sings and acts, has
apologized for putting her cooties on some yummy ringed delights in a
California bakery and then leaving them for another customer to buy and eat.
I can only hope Homer Simpson is not on that jury.
But she also voiced her disgust for Americans and America
itself.
It was the second act that really got her into trouble. She
got dropped from singing at baseball's All-Star Game – understandable since
baseball was America's pastime in times past.
But no longer. Now, you can just buy us the peanuts and
Cracker Jack.
And that was Grande's point: Americans are fat and getting molto grande, and that's what she was
really saying in her "I hate Americans" comment. But this is the
epoch of taking people out of context because it gets clicks.
Sure, she apologized – twice – but that's not good enough
anymore. Neither is explaining what you meant. You must do penance.
Here, Grande could kill two birds with one stone. Not
literally, of course, or she'd be in trouble for that, too.
Perhaps you saw the recent study that found that women are
far less likely than men to be willing to travel back in time to kill Hitler.
If you didn't, here are some links to stories about it on USAToday, the NewYork Post and The Independent.
If you don't care for such sensationalism, here's a link tothe actual study, titled Gender
Differences in Responses to Moral Dilemmas: A Process Dissociation Analysis,
which uses waaay boring terms such as deontology and utilitarianism. Blech.
If you'd rather eat a pre-licked doughnut than read that
report, let me sum up: Men are gung-ho to make like Marty McFly – or Sherman
and Peabody – and kill Der Fuehrer,
while women worry about the consequences of their actions.
Clearly, it's all consequences schmonsequences with Ariana
Grande, so she'd be the perfect woman to go back in time and kill Hitler. She
could prove her America-lovin' bonafides by blasting our World War II nemesis
to smithereens.
Maybe she could pose as his food taster. She likes licking
food before giving it to someone else to eat. Then BOOM! Have him screaming Mein Gott! before he ever writes Mein Kampf.
As to that second bird: It's all about gender equality. If
Ariana Grande succeeds in her quest she will become not just a national hero,
but an international one. She can write her ticket for the rest of her life.
Not even Rob O'Neill, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden, is that
universally adored.
As for the rest of us, maybe such a giant accomplishment
could restore the word Grande to its
true meaning, instead of small, as
most drinkers of overpriced coffee have come to believe.
Owen Tew is the pen name for Greg Richter, a
freelance writer whose work regularly appears on Newsmax and The Clyde Fitch Report. He also has had his work posted on The Huffington Post and The Hill. Follow him on Twitter at @owentew.
