Liberals hate walls and guns — unless they’re being protecting them and the deterrents are keeping away the unwashed masses.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was filmed retreating to a safe space away from inquisitive journalists on Monday.

The New York Post’s Yoav Gonen and other reporters were blocked by a metal barrier and a security agent as the mayor took questions only from approved media outlets.

“Mayor picked two outlets – NY1 & NBC – and took only their questions, while other reporters kept at bay by barricades + security,” Gonen tweeted, adding the #safespace hashtag.

The New York Post violated de Balsio’s safe space last Thursday by trying to ask him a question.

The New York Time reported on his reaction:

For weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio has barely disguised his disgust for the coverage of his administration in The New York Post. He has referred to the newspaper as “propaganda” and suggested recently during his weekly radio call-in show that right-thinking New Yorkers would do well to ignore what he called The Post’s “fabricated” front-page stories.

The mayor took his disdain to a new level on Thursday, blatantly and pointedly ignoring the paper’s City Hall bureau chief, Yoav Gonen, during a news conference, and belittling The Post while doing so.

The conflict erupted in a petulant exchange, with Mr. Gonen furiously, and futilely, trying to attract the mayor’s attention. Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, refused to call on him, explaining that he had “no use for a right-wing rag” while excoriating Mr. Gonen for a recent story he did not write.

“Mr. Mayor? Mr. Mayor? Mr. Mayor? Over here,” Mr. Gonen said, speaking up in frustration.

“You can keep calling all you want,” Mr. de Blasio said.

“Are you going to call on me today?” Mr. Gonen asked.

“I’m calling on real media outlets, go ahead,” the mayor said, signaling a reporter from The New York Observer.