The "hipsta" neighborhood

I always say I'm lucky to have lived my entire life in liberal-minded environments, call them left-wingers, blue states, Democrats, atheists, the public education system, non-profits, whatever have you- I've been surrounded by these groups and their beliefs for as long as I've been able to think. I leave the right-wing, Obama-hating, Super Jesus masses confined, in theory, mostly to states like South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi, those glaringly red states that offer zero appeal, ideologically or otherwise.

Hence when I came across this man I'm about to mention, a man born and bred in Brooklyn, who is just as righteous about his conservative views as the Pope, I was appalled. Jay Mundy is a conservative media blogger and radio personality, with a website dedicated to all his silly rants. There's too many things to mention about his insane conservative views, you just have to visit his website to believe it.

I was drawn to his specific June 15 broadcast because it was about him visiting Williamsburg for the first time, written in the Brownstowner blog with the headline, "Conservative Talk Show Host Beholds Williamsburg". W'burg! My 'hood! Hmm, click.

This man irritated my right off the bat. First of all, his monologue begins with a horrible introduction calling him a conservative warrior, paired with a whiny country song whose lyrics sing "God Is Great, Beer is Good...and People are Crazy" (twang twang twang). Seriously.

Then Mr. Mundy comes on the air, and spewing in his horrible Brooklyn accent, announces that indeed he broadcasts from "The sick city of New York," or as he likes to call it, "New York Sicky". He goes on to profess that he's a lifelong Brooklynite, born and bred in the "ethnic" Irish-Italian parts of the borough. Because in today's society, the ethnic struggles of the Irish and the Italians in America are rife with stories of hardship and heartache. But I digress. He eventually continues to the topic of his monologue, which is as previously stated, Williamsburg.

Now before I go on to what he says, I just want to add that I go back and forth between my thoughts of Williamsburg, usually I find it rather annoying and cliche but on many days I also find it to be a complete gem of a neighborhood. Williamsburg is a big area, there's a lot to do, a lot of spaces to do things in, and well, my favorite, a lot of things to eat.

But how does Mr. Mundy describe it? Here are some passages that I've transcribed:

"Just think of wherever you are, the most left-wing hippie person you can think of...most left-wing, lunatic, liberal hippie - 1960's nutcase, off the wall, keep that image in your head...now multiply that by hundreds, by thousands. THAT is what Williamsburg is, it is extremely scary."

"[They have] tattoos all over them, people are high on drugs all day, and they got tattoos on their faces and they're all wearing weird clothes, like something that you can't even imagine that you'd see in a hollywood picture and say, 'That's not the real world.' ...these are misfits, that's what they are, and they're acting out."

"There are no cops on the street because they hate it - you should see it, there's graffiti , they think graffiti is art! There is graffiti everywhere! - There's no cops on the street because they hate power, they are extreme leftists."

And that's just from Part One. I got so sick of listening to him that I didn't even go on to Part Two. But you are more than welcome to check it out yourself, below:

Part One:

Part Two: