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I Am Turtleboy: A teacher turned blogger battles big tech censorship, threats, and political correctness to protect free speech and democracy by [Aidan Kearney]

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Free speech is a myth. Technically we’re allowed to say what we want and won’t get arrested for it, but we constantly have to self-censor our speech, including our political opinions, for many reasons. You’re allowed to express some opinions, so long as they’re the right opinions. But if you lose your ability to pay your bills as a result of your honest and open speech, then you’re not really free. A handful of social justice warriors in Silicon Valley are able to decide what we can and cannot talk about, and when we can’t openly express controversial opinions in the public square, then we have lost our democracy.

I was a high school history teacher for 11 years and during that time I learned the hard way that my opinions were the wrong opinions. After getting an unpaid suspension for starting a blog called AidanFromWorcester.com, which expressed opinions on issues that the school did not approve of, I decided to create an anonymous blog that would act as the voice of the people – Turtleboy Sports.

Turtleboy started as a hobby but has grown to a website with millions of monthly followers and is now my business. I hire bloggers who pen under nom de plumes because anonymity gives people the freedom to express opinions that many others agree with, but are afraid to say out loud out for fear of consequences. Turtleboy is popular and has grown so quickly because we say what many other people are thinking.

I left teaching in November of 2014 after a blogger from Buffalo wrote a libelous blog about me, alleging that I sexually assaulted a woman in front of 60,000 people at a Patriots-Bills game. The blogger was successfully sued for libel, but so many of my students read it that it became impossible to teach anymore. After the school received hundreds of calls and death threats they offered me a full year’s salary to walk away quietly. I took the money and used is to turn Turtleboy from a hobby into a business.

Turtleboy has broken major stories that the mainstream media couldn’t because we have better sources. We’ve exposed corruption involving the Massacchusetts State Police and politicians that led to the resignation of the 4 highest-ranking members of the MSP. The blog has helped expose contractors and con-artists, drug dealing state troopers, brought criminals to justice, shut down a death factory of a puppy mill, reformed school districts, and exposed insurance fraud, non-profit fraud, sexual abuse, food stamp fraud, fake hate crimes, and many other stories that the mainstream media would never touch.

When I left teaching I felt liberated and free for the first time, but because our bloggers are unapologetic, brutally honest, we get a lot of pushback. We entertain by not only reporting news, but by using language that some might find unsavory. As a result outside forces have used various methods to try to silence the blog. Turtleboy has been the subject of countless boycotts. I’ve been unsuccessfully sued for libel many times; including by a former advertiser who was upset the blog didn’t endorse him for Mayor. I’ve gotten too many death threats to count, had “fuck you” keyed into the hood of my car, and been angrily confronted in restaurants. I’ve had a Facebook page with 112,000 followers removed for wishing people a Merry Christmas, and had 32 business pages taken down since. The blog has been blacklisted by Google AdSense, and my house and phone are permanently banned from creating Twitter accounts.

All of these things have combined to cost my business hundreds of thousands of dollars in just a couple years. But they will never stop Turtleboy because I refuse to censor and give up the rights that our Founding Fathers sacrificed their lives for because people who disagree with us use fear, intimidation, and economic warfare to silence us. When we self-censor we don’t contribute to public discourse in the public square, and in doing so we lose our democracy.

This is the story of Turtleboy.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07K8CNVYT
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 6, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 15530 KB
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 332 pages
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Boring

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2020

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Pretty much boring. I couldn't finish it.

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Good read

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2018

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Amazon says it will take about 5 hours to read—took me about 2 1/2 hours to read.
I read a website everyday called “PinkTruth” a blog about the damage Mary Kay does to women. When the blog first started it was called, “MaryKaySucks” the blog owner knew in order to be taken more seriously she would have to change her marketing strategies — she changed the name to “Pink Truth” which the blog is still alive and going. I mention this because although I like the name “Turtleboysports” I am glad to learn Aiden wants to start toning down the language in the blog in order to become more marketable. Yes, TBS does expose a ton of corruption —something the Main Stream media won’t- but I never cared for some of the language on the blog. But it’s America- Freedom Of Speech and that is what this book focuses on; Aidan’s fight for Freedom Speech.
Believe it or not his critics who are so invested in shutting him down only made the blog stronger and got more support from the public.

21 people found this helpful

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Great Book, FACKS!

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2018

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Excellent read, whether you support turtleboy or not i suggest everyone read this... by the end of the book you’ll be a Turtlerider along with the rest of us. #AidenForPresident #SSTGForVeep

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Bad behaviors exposed ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2018

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Remember reading the arrest logs in the newspaper and hoping you don't know anyone?

Comments on arrest logs now.... Cant wait to read the whole story on turtleboysports.com

I love the anonymity you offer your bloggers.
"Turtleboy investigates" are my favorite blogs, by the time I'm done reading those blogs I feel like I know these people.

SSTG is amazing.
Bret is ruthless!

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Melyssa St.Pierre

Won’t be disappointed 💯💯

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2018

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I have been waiting for a book from Turtleboy for almost 4 years and finally it’s here. Only on chapter 2 but I can’t put it down.

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MarkBell

Smart teacher

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018

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Aidan provides some very basic experience, not surprising from a history teacher, that shows us the perpetual nature of greed in society. This greed is not simply financial, but about power...the power of liberalism, as Mark Zuckerberg yields, with the active contradiction he sports that Facebook is for the people... It may have been at one time, but apparently it's for c-e-r-t-a-i-n people, who, if they do not think a certain way, are annoyed, harassed, and disposed, with the classic liberal excuses like: it must be a mistake....or, our system did it....or, we're sorry you have been __________ . There are no coincidences, and Aidan knows this, because the history of all zealots is first genius, then greed, then, especially these days, self-victimization followed by an apology. After all, the cry of the liberal is "it's easier to apologize than to seek permission", then the radical liberals, especially, forget to apologize....they go someplace else to take away from somebody else the same rights they insist are theirs. Turtles have a hard outer shell and a soft warm heart, and don't need more than their own space to survive, as compared to other animals who need others' space, and will lie, cheat, and steal, to gain it...leave it in ruins, then go to the next...because nothing is good enough. Long live the Turtle!!! The Turtle IS good enough... Is the US? Is Facebook? Read and ask yourself.

10 people found this helpful

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James D

A must for any Turtleboy Sports fan or foe.

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2018

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If you don't like it... don't read it I wonder how many will try and get this book removed from Amazon? Or have positive reviews of the book blocked?

It was great to read about the history, and all that has gone on behind the scenes. I don't agree with a lot of the things TBS blogs about, but I don't have to read those things either.

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Elisabeth A.

It's what you've been thinking but are too scared to say!

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2018

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An amazing page turner about modern day society's "free speech" and it's short comings.

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starbug79

Worth the wait

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2018

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A must-read for those that are fans of TBS and even beneficial to those that may not agree with it. You get to see that there is substance behind the colourful language used in the blogs and naysayers may even find themselves converted.

It's great to get an insight into how TBS came about, how it has developed over the years and get a sense of where it is going. The future looks green.