Regressive left

Maajid Nawaz 's use of the phrase "regressive left" has been a part of his opposition to Islamism , the literalist pole of Islam that emphasises Sharia (Islamic law), pan-Islamic political unity and an Islamic state Regressive left (also formulated as " regressive liberals " and " regressive leftists ") is a pejorative term for a branch of left-wing politics that are accused of holding views that conflict with liberal principles , especially tolerating Islamism and opposition to free speech . British political activist Maajid Nawaz , American political talk-show hosts such as Bill Maher and Dave Rubin , and New Atheist writers like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins are among those who have used the term. "I'm a Muslim reformer who is being smeared as an 'anti-Muslim extremist' by angry white liberals" . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).

Pejorative term for overly tolerant left-wing politics "Alt-liberal" redirects here. Maajid Nawaz 's use of the phrase regressive left has been a part of his opposition to Islamism , the Qur'anic literalist pole of Islam that emphasises Sharia (Islamic law), pan-Islamic political unity, and an Islamic state Regressive left , also referred to as regressive liberals or regressive leftists , is a pejorative term to describe by its proponents a branch of left-wing politics that is accused of being accepting of, or sympathetic to, views that conflict with liberal principles , particularly by tolerating Islamism and other authoritarian positions, like promoting censorship . Among those who have used the term are the British political activist Maajid Nawaz , American political talk-show hosts Bill Maher and Dave Rubin , and New Atheist writers, such as Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins . "I'm a Muslim reformer who is being smeared as an 'anti-Muslim extremist' by angry white liberals" . A term that you will hear with frequency from Nawaz is 'the regressive left,' as in purportedly progressive institutions like the S.P.L.C. that, often starting from a legitimate concern that Muslims en masse not be persecuted for the actions of a few, nonetheless embody a perplexingly backward mind-set when it comes to Islam. Host David Rubin is convinced that the regressive left is the equivalent of America's Tea Party – dangerous for progressive politics, whose purpose should be to champion reason and debate to achieve greater equality and improve human rights. 'If we don't have the courage to stop them, then a year or two from now we'll wonder why our system is screwed up even more than it is now,' says Rubin, who thinks of himself as a progressive. In an interview on Lawrence O'Donnell's television show, [Harris] went even further, accusing regressive leftists of 'denying the link between beliefs and behavior across the board' and 'follow[ing] Noam Chomsky off the edge of the world.'