When DeepCapture.com, a site run by Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne and the company's in-house cyberstalker Judd Bagley, published its latest "expose" on Fortune reporter Roddy Boyd, it was nothing new: just more innuendo aimed at demonstrating that Boyd is corrupt and evil because he writes negative stories on bad companies.
But I was somewhat impressed by the ambition of the headline on a site that claims to be producing "investigative journalism": "Roddy Boyd Sucks It Like He's Paying the Rent." In a shocking outburst of good taste, the headline was changed to "Roddy Boyd Works it Like He's Paying the Rent, but the URL remains http://www.deepcapture.com/roddy-boyd-sucks-it-like-hes-paying-the-rent/.
The post was written by Patrick Byrne and is, in my opinion, a pretty good reason for the LGBT community (and anyone else who doesn't have a lot of respect for vulgarity) to boycott the site.
Not that Overstock -- which still hasn't reported a profitable year -- will end up in the black even without a boycott. Hopefully, Overstock's PR hacks will rush to put out a press release disavowing their commander in chief's unattractive trash talk and use of homophobic slurs to insult his perceived enemies.
Overstock CEO's blog post makes homophobic reference; boycott-worthy?
Posted Oct 13th 2008 5:34PM by Zac Bissonnette
Filed under: Scandals
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-13-2008 @ 6:25PM
J.B. said...
A boycott of Overstock?
Who would notice?
10-13-2008 @ 7:20PM
lenofus said...
Naw, Zack. it's not a homophobic reference at all. It is one of prostitution. You know. Where you take money to do unsavory acts.
Big difference, between being in love with a person, and in love with money, especially at others' expense.
10-13-2008 @ 8:31PM
drklrdbill said...
Agreed. Big stink about nothing. Quit being so gay.
I do like how he called them the spooge-bucket brigade, haha
10-13-2008 @ 9:20PM
Troy said...
You're a nobody and nobodies need not be running around calling for boycotts of anything you lil communist.
10-13-2008 @ 9:31PM
Tracy Coenen said...
Wow. Patrick Byrne is such a class act.
10-13-2008 @ 10:58PM
Zack said...
LOL ZAC! WAKE UP AND GET YOUR INUENDO's STRAIGHT
He's talking about prostitution in the way prostitutes must support themselves by sucking "it" to pay the rent. It's unfortunate he wasn't talking about faggots like you :(