The greatly admired and respected political humorist, commentator, and realist John Fugelsang is a worthy mention in today’s pop culture. At 47, he has built a massive audience liberally speaking out about liberal issues with a twist of humor. With an ex-nun mother and father who was a Franciscan Brother, Fugelsang understands religion and religious hypocrisy.
I once challenged Fugelsang on a quote that I thought he “borrowed” from Ricky Gervais and forgot to give credit. Fugelsang kindly pointed out the date of his tweet and the date of the Gervais tweet. Turns out Fuglesang made the quote a year before Gervais “borrowed” the saying from Fugelsang— forgetting to give credit. Meanwhile, I made a total ass of myself, but I remember how impressed I was with how Fugelsang respectfully handled my righteous folly.
For the past several years, I’ve seen a lot of memes with Fugelsang quotes and many spoke to me. Recently, I decided to look for others. Turns out there is a plethora of great Fugelsang sayings on Twitter. So, I found some and this is my small way of paying a bit of tribute to the man.
Here are 17 of my favorite quotes that only touch upon the man’s talent, compassion, humor, and intelligence—starting with:
Random Quotes—@JohnFugelsang
Equal marriage:
LGBT Myths
You’re Thinking of Jesus
Religious Hypocrisy
And I’m glad we’re talking about Jesus and the GOP candidates today, because we hear them talking about Jesus all the time. They invoke his name incessantly, like a mascot holding pom-poms on the sidelines. And I thought, wouldn’t it be great if they could find a way to get Jesus of Nazareth to come back and run for president on the GOP ticket?
Wouldn’t the GOP love to get behind a guy, who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary, who hung around with lepers, hookers, and criminals; who never spoke English; was not an American citizen, a man who was anti-capitalism; anti-wealth, anti-public prayer (yes, he was: Matthew 6:5); anti-death penalty; but never once remotely anti-gay; didn’t mention abortion; didn't mention pre-marital sex, a man who never justified torture, who never called the poor lazy, who never asked a leper for a co-pay, who never fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes, and was a long-haired, brown-skinned (that’s in Revelations) homeless, middle-eastern, Jew.
Of course, that’s only if you actually believe what’s in the Bible.”
Islamaphobia and Gun Hypocrites
“Pro-Life”
“Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself ‘Pro-Life.’”
Gay Marriage and Equal Rights
10 Republican National Convention/RNC Tweets @JohnFugelsang
Donald Trump
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich/American Values
Trump & Sons
KKK and Rep. Steve King Have This in Common
The Rich & Famous
Ben Carson’s Enthusiasm
Ben ‘Beastiality’
Shhhh.
Republican Hypocrisy
Honorable Mention—@JohnFugelsang
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along