Is going to Penn State a bad idea?

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So, you would not hire a Penn State student because of the inexcusable actions of a few people. Why would you hold those actions against someone who had nothing to do with them and had no way of knowing they were happening?

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<p>No no no no no! <em>slaps head on desk</em> It’s not the scandal itself that makes the students look bad. It’s the student body’s REACTION to the scandal that makes the community look bad. The public is appalled by the images of THOUSANDS (not just “a few”) of students RIOTING in support of Paterno . We’re appalled that students and alumni were getting their pictures taken with the infamous statue and crying and wailing as if Jesus himself had just been assassinated or something. It’s also appalling that many people in the community still seem to worship Paterno, even after the incriminating evidence came out. </p>

<p>A lot of Penn Staters seem to have a persecution complex. You seem to believe that we’re judging the entire community based on the scandal when that is NOT the case at all. Again, it’s the community’s REACTION to the scandal that makes some of use question the sanity and intelligence of Penn Staters. And your persecution complex makes you look even worse. It gives people the impression that you care more about yourselves than the actual VICTIMS. I have not seen ONE article that shows Penn Staters expressing sympathy towards the CHILDREN. Even the people who don’t support Paterno appear to be saying things like, “Poor meeeeeeeee! Poor us! It’s soooo unfair that our reputation had been tainted. It’s such as tragedy for US!!!” Not an ounce of concern for the real victims, not even among the people who don’t support Paterno. It makes PSU look like some kind of cult that prizes football above children and humanity. </p>

<p>You guys keep shouting “We are Penn State!” as if you’ve suffered some huge tragedy even though in reality it’s the children who have suffered a tragedy. Now the Virginia Tech folks do have legit reasons for shouting “We are Virginia Tech!” because they really did suffer from a horrible tragedy. The Penn State students and alumni have NOT suffered from any kind of tragedy relating to the scandal. Shouting “We are Penn State” just makes you look even more insensitive and crazy. To be fair though, it could just be biased media coverage. Maybe the media is just choosing to focus on the few crazy people in the Penn State community and the rest of the community feels horrible for the children. But the images we’re seeing in the media do NOT make you look good.</p>