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CONTENTS Introduction PART ONE: GOD 1 'Kill the Blasphemer' Rules for Censors (1): Demand a Respect You Don't Deserve 2 A Clash of Civilisations? Rules for Censors (2): A Little Fear Goes a Long, Long Way 3 Manufacturing Offence Rules for Censors (3): Go Postal! 4 The Racism of the Anti-Racists Rules for Censors (4): Say that it is Bigoted to Oppose Bigotry How to Fight Back: John Milton and the Absurdity of Identity Politics PART TWO: MONEY 5 The Cult of the Supreme Manager Rules for Censors (5): People Don't Want to Know 6 A Town Called Sue Rules for Censors (6): Money Makes You a Member of a Master Race How to Fight Back: John Stuart Mill and the Struggle to Speak Your Mind PART THREE: STATE 7 The Internet and the Revolution Rules for Censors (7): Look to the Past/Think of the Future 8 The Internet and the Counter-Revolution How to Fight Back: Advice for Free-Speaking Citizens Acknowledgements Notes Index