{"id":1059,"date":"2007-10-27T08:25:10","date_gmt":"2007-10-27T13:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sequence-inc.com\/fraudfiles\/2007\/10\/27\/naacp-wants-patrick-byrne-of-overstockcom-to-apologize\/"},"modified":"2012-05-29T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:13:03","slug":"naacp-wants-patrick-byrne-of-overstockcom-to-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/naacp-wants-patrick-byrne-of-overstockcom-to-apologize\/","title":{"rendered":"NAACP Wants Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com to Apologize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com made a teeny little goof this week. Well, okay… it wasn’t so teeny. It was pretty bad.<\/p>\n

Byrne was part of a debate on school vouchers in Utah, which he favors. During the debate, he said that when minority students don’t graduate from high school, “you might as well burn them.”<\/p>\n

Yet in true Patrick “Sith Lord Conspiracy” Byrne style, he’s denying it. The Salt Lake Tribune reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Byrne didn’t apologize Friday. He said he said nothing wrong and his comment is being distorted.<\/p>\n

“It’s worse than a cheap shot. It’s a lie. Somebody is trying to create the implication I said the exact opposite of what I said in that answer,” Byrne said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The NAACP is demanding an apology from Byrne, but he’s got this to say:<\/p>\n

“I’m saying we should not be throwing out kids. We should not be discarding kids. I’m saying the current system does,” Byrne said. “Forty-two percent of minority kids in Utah don’t graduate. That is a calamity. The people who are saying, ‘That’s OK, let’s not change the system,’ they are saying we might as well throw out those kids. Those kids don’t matter.” <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yo, Patrick! They’ve got it on video! Check it out for yourself…
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\nOh, and if you oppose vouchers, you’re a bigot, according to Byrne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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