National icon my foot. I’m 59 years old and before all this hubbub about him facilitating child molestation, I didn’t know who Joe Paterno was.
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“I didn’t know who Joe Paterno was.”
Okay, but he was a national icon. I have been all over the USA and have seen his image and name on bumper stickers, T-shirts, etc. The guy has been famous since the 1960s. I suppose if someone knows nothing about college football, he might not know him, but he also was involved in Republican politics too.