> I see free speech coming under attack from the progressive left constituency, rather than the government.

Oh please. The right is just as guilty. The Dixie Chicks got canceled for the better part of the 2000s for daring to speak against the Iraq War and Bush.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/04/university-of-...

That got Dean Jamie Riley fired.

Colin Kaepernick got canceled by the right.

I'm sure there's numerous more examples to be found if we dug into it, but let's not pretend that these attacks on free speech are a purely left wing thing.