I once described something I called the Paradox of Liberalism – the tendency to be perfectly ok with other people saying anything they like, unless we disagree with it. Frankly, I think it’s cropping up more and more these days, and is becoming increasingly problematic. As right-wing populism shows itself in increasingly sickening ways, how do we speak out against it without being accused of hypocrisy? Ricky Gervais sums it up rather nicely here.