The Washington Commanders are an NFL franchise that continually makes headlines and goes trending for particularly bad reasons. Pro Bowl defensive tackle Jonathan Allen is keeping that trend going on Wednesday after answering a question on Twitter and providing an eye-popping answer.
Allen offered up the chance to “ask me anything” to his followers early on Wednesday morning when Twitter user Nick Chappell asked “You can have dinner with three people, dead or alive. Who are you inviting?”
To which Allen responded, “My grandad, hitler and micheal Jackson.”
Setting aside the alleged pedophile in his list, when asked why Adolph Hitler would be one of his top picks as a dinner guest, Allen explained his reasoning.
He’s a military genius and I love military tactics but honestly I would want to pick his brain as to why he did what he did,” wrote Allen. “I’m also assuming that the people I’ve chosen have to answer all my questions honestly.”
As you can probably imagine, social media discovered the comments and is currently having a field day turning Allen into today’s main character.
Along with concern about Allen’s poor grandfather being forced to return from the dead to have dinner with Hitler, people are pointing out the fallacy in Allen’s appreciation of the German dictator’s military prowess while also wondering why someone would write this on a public forum with their name attached and everything.
He was high as a kite on the job basically all the time, made worse staffing decisions than Urban Meyer, and tried to take over Stalingrad because he thought it’d be fun to hold a city with “Stalin” in the name https://t.co/lIdlQBhGvs
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) February 9, 2022
[/flies into the room in War Dad pajamas]
—FIRST OF ALL HE WAS NO MILITARY GENIUS https://t.co/RrNAiUHE9t
— ¡BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL! (@edsbs) February 9, 2022
Jonathan who'd you like to eat dinner with
"My grandpappy…"
Awwwwwww
"And also Hitler"
— Drew Magary (@drewmagary) February 9, 2022
Jonathan Allen: so *chews food* tell me about the Holocaust thing what was that all about
Hitler: ah man you have no idea *sips wine*
Michael Jackson: dah do bee dah
— Soundwave (@LocalSoundwave) February 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/Russ_Steinberg/status/1491494960935448577
https://twitter.com/SadClubCommish/status/1491496783981146112
As always, when in doubt, you don’t have to mention your appreciation for anything about Hitler in a public forum. Just some good advice to take with you.
About Sean Keeley
Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.