'Crazy Plane Lady' Tiffany Gomas Has Begun Weighing in on America's Culture War and We'll Be Better for It
It's hard to believe that it's been almost 10 months since Crazy Plane Lady Tiffany Gomas burst onto the internet and into America's heart:
... and possibly into the Barstool family; I still have no idea:
And while it pains me to say it, in spite of the addition of Tiffany to our popular culture, it's been a very rough time in America. A vast Culture War that was already raging has only grown worse. The divide has only gotten wider. With civil unrest everywhere. Public squares and campuses alike have been plunged into turmoil. Seeds of distrust sewn in the body politic have taken root and sprouted. There seemingly is nothing so benign that we cannot go fight over it. Every aspect of our lives is a battleground. Music. Movies. Stand up comedy. Holidays. Sports. Even beer.
Which brings me back, almost an entire paragraph later, to Tiffany Gomas. Thank goodness. That was too long to be away. It appears that she is unwilling to simply sit on the sidelines and leave the fighting to others in these conflicts. She is suiting up, coming off the bench, and wants the ball in her hands. And whether you agree with her stances or not, I hope you'll see this as a good thing. As I will explain in a moment:
NY Post - Texas’ “crazy plane lady” has now refashioned herself as a flesh-bearing right wing influencer.
Tiffany Gomas, a real estate developer who went viral after a public meltdown on an American Airlines flight last posted a revealing photo on X of herself in a shrimpy bikini holding a can of the aptly named “Ultra Right Beer.”
The brand describes itself as “100% woke-free American beer.”
“Wonder how many people I’m gonna piss off with this post…” she warned in the post which has now been viewed by nearly 8 million people. “So… is now an appropriate time to tell y’all men don’t belong in women’s sports?!”
The post suggests Gomas is looking to mine additional relevancy by tapping into American culture wars.
Now please bear with me, because I truly believe that what I'm about to say is important to the future of our republic. What's important here is not what you think of the beer Gomas is drinking or her opinion about women's sports. For all I know, that stuff she's drinking tastes like it was brewed with hops, barley, and soiled diapers. And who gets to compete in women's sports is obviously one of the most divisive issues of our times. What truly matters here is not what the Crazy Plane Lady says. It's that she's the one saying it.
I'm a big believer in the Aristotle quote, "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." I'm also a big believer in the Great Man (or Woman) theory of history, which states most of history can be explained by the influence of leadership figures. Ones who often appear to rise to power out of nowhere and lead their people to success.
That, my friends, is Tiffany Gomas.
What other figure is so capable of bridging the great divide in our country and bringing us together? To prove that you can have a disagreement about major issues like whether your beer is Alt Right or Far Left, without being disagreeable? That we're all capable of respecting one another's opinions, even when we don't share them?
There is no one who doesn't appreciate and admire Tiffany Gomas. She may be the one person about which we all share a consensus opinion. And in a land where we're all so prone to "othering" those we disagree with, she can teach us by her example that the other side are not simply monsters we can never see eye-to-eye with. (That is, except for the motherfuckers in the rear of our airliners who are not real. We'll never be able to get along with them.) As the bumper stickers on all the Subaru Outbacks remind us, we all need to COEXIST. And as long as it's Tiffany in a patriotic-themed bathing suit delivering the message, it's one we can all get behind.
So while I'll be toasting you with a local New England IPA, I'm raising a glass to you nevertheless, Tiffany. Cheers.