mr. fuSchia, on ‘fake bullshit’

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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mr. fuSchia, one of Ashvegas’ loyal readers, went a bit of a rant, so let’s hear him (scroll down a bit for the earlier post that sorta got to him):

Whoa now, wait a second. Who said I was a WLOSer? That is a quick assumption you make without any evidence to back it up. And you took my point out of context. First of all, I am not saying the whole community supports my opinion. Your obvious retaliatory statement proves that. And I agree with you that “scaring” the viewers is not right in any form or fashion. But being someone who is educated, I PERSONALLY understand that the “fake bullshit” that we see on TV every day is nothing more than that, “fake bullshit.” I find it amusing that the big news stories in our area are about a redneck wrestling fight or a turtle being stolen from a restaurant. But I PERSONALLY find it comforting as well, knowing that I can leave my doors unlocked at night and not worry about a potential thief or killer coming inside. All I am saying is that if you are looking for “real” news, watch channel 4 or 7. They have a least 1-2 murders a week. Or turn on CNN and watch how corrupt the government is, or how millions of people are dying of hunger, or how freaked out there are trying to make everyone because of the bird flu. PERSONALLY, the fear of getting some snow on the parkway (mainly cause I love driving in the snow) makes me look at the glass half full, and have some faith left in humanity.

Now with that said, I throw out a counter argument as well. Every year, one of our local colleges does something called the Western North Carolina Poll. One of the questions on there goes something like this: “how many murders are there in your county each year.” They get answers from people from all over WNC, and the results are disturbing. You said it yourself, “Ashvegas and surrounding towns have one of the lowest crime rates in the state.” But every year, the numbers show people who live here think otherwise. I believe the average number people say for their county is something around 25 murders a year. Multiply that by all the counties here, and well that’s a lot of dead people. All of0 the media here take a murder or some bad event and blow it way out of proportion, and yes that includes the Citizen Crimes and WWNC. In a sense, all of the media then scare people to thinking this bad event, if it be a murder or a tazering or a sexual predator that didn’t register cause he is 10 years out… they think it is happening right in their neighborhood. Someone living in Canton sees or hears “FLU PANDEMIC” and thinks it happened outside, and goes and starts Lysol, or I guess Moonshine, it’s the same stuff. Or take my grandparents for example: they see something about a new cell phone virus and think Satan himself has invaded the planet and taken over trying to kill everyone.

Okay, now I am just ranting, and thus I should stop now. In any means, I love the website and the comments here. It’s fun to get riled up and have a good argument about what’s going on, and of course poke fun at our local celebrities.