Do you think the Left has damaged freedom of speech?

Absolutely yes! In my community, for example, (De Kalb, IL.) our local paper, The De Kalb Chronicle, used to publish Ann Coulter's column. In the Letters to the Editor section, all the lefties constantly had fits about her column. They always attacked her personally, but I NEVER saw any of them rebut any of her columns on substance. (I read the paper nearly all the time, but it is possible that I missed one or two.) After her column on the Jersey Widows, the liberals went nuts, but again, simply attacked her personally, not on substance. After this, the cowardly editors pulled her column. ( I realize that using the term "cowardly" seems like a personal attack, but I simply believe it describes their action accurately.)