The death of Joe Paterno has showed just how blind and stupid his supporters are.

What is it about the death of legendary figures that brings out the idiotic traits in so many people? Are they that indifferent to what said legend should be remembered for? My guess is they don’t care. All is forgotten when someone who aided and abetted  a serial child rapist dies. Not surprisingly, the eulogizing crew aka all of Paterno’s supporters like Matt Millen, Mike Ditka, ESPN & countless others (really, LeBron?) wanted to let you know just how great of a guy the football coach at Penn State was.

Speaking of ESPN, they have done all they could to force the “Joe Paterno’s legacy outweighs the scandal” talk down your throat. Don’t ever forget, ESPN is a marketing company, and will do whatever it can to deliver their message in their context. And you better believe people will and want to believe it. If you don’t think that’s the case, check out the two tickets on eBay that are going for $35,000 for the memorial service. I wish I was making that up.

Just because the 85 year old Paterno passed away because of lung cancer (or a broken heart), it doesn’t mean he should be celebrated, nor remembered for his 409 coaching victories at Sicko U. I understand that 80% of his players graduated within 6 years, but what should be a the forefront of any Paterno obit is what he failed to do.

What he didn’t do was expose his disgusting right hand man for the child rapist he is. As the most powerful man at Penn State, it was on Paterno to take the necessary steps in removing that demented piece of garbage from the campus, not just the football program. Joe Pa did neither. He turned a blind eye because bringing to light the repulsive acts of Jerry Sandusky would have tarnished his program. Or at least, he thought.

Paterno knew of Sandusky’s acts before Mike McQueary told him that he saw Sanpervert and a 10 year old boy naked in a shower at the Penn State practice facility. He knew prior to this, because it was determined before Sandusky’s “retirement” that he wouldn’t be succeeding Old Pa.

So Paterno knew that his guy was molesting and anally raping boys all of that time, but refused to do anything about it. Even if we’re supposed to believe he didn’t know prior to 2002, why not say something after McQueary told him? Nobody would blame Paterno for doing the right thing and setting an example at that point. If he had, his legacy wouldn’t be shattered.

Instead, Paterno chose the image of the program over what’s morally right. This, of course, coming from a practicing catholic, mind you.

For Paterno to ignore more than 50 counts of sexual abuse to kids only reaffirms the fact that this scandal should define him. How many children’s lives could have been saved if Paterno had simply removed the predator from that school? Are you telling me that winning football games is more important than that? If that’s the case, then you’re probably some of the same people who sent death threats to Kyle Williams.

And no, I don’t believe that Paterno had no idea of what “rape and a man” was. Whatever he claimed to have known was enough to save future victims from Sandusky. But as we know now, Paterno cared more about wins on Saturday’s than the future of those innocent children.

So allow the stupid to try an inundate you with how great of a person Joe Paterno was. If you have a conscience and can stomach reading the grand jury report, I trust that you’ll be able to form the right opinion of a guy who doesn’t deserve your praise. People often use death to reinforce one’s legacy, or they see it as a chance to let people know how they want those to be remembered. But that shouldn’t happen with Joe Paterno, not when he covered up a deviant’s behavior for so long. No matter how much money he donated or games that he won, nothing can take away from Old Pa’s refusal to expose a sexual predator. That’s his legacy. Deal with it.

@Louie_Ruffolo8