On Friday’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” we gained insight into the fact that some conservatives now share the left’s growing problem with speech authoritarianism.

The unveiling came when Maher challenged the panel over Parkland High School student David Hogg’s boycott of Fox News host Laura Ingraham. Hogg’s “chilling” assault on free speech, Maher said, was deserving of a challenge. Maher also made the point that by joining the public discourse on matters of political import, Hogg must expect (and is legally unshielded from) personal challenge.