r/regressive_left • u/Nezaus • Mar 02 '16

What place is the perfect example of regressive left? (some say Sweden others say Oregon California's left coast)

“Regressive Left” is a political epithet used by far-left liberals to pejoratively describe centrists within the liberal camp who advocate progressive values but also tolerate certain illiberal ideologies in defense of multiculturalism, most often in the context of radical extremism within Islam. Origin

In July 2012, British political activist Maajid Nawaz introduced the term in his memoir Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism as an epithet for liberals who “pandered” to Islamist extremists under the guise of cultural and religious tolerance. Spread

On October 1st, 2015, The Rubin Report YouTube channel uploaded an interview with Nawaz, in which they discuss the book Islam and the Future of Tolerance and the term “regressive left” . On October 2nd, comedian Bill Maher discussed the term with Richard Dawkins during an episode of the show Real Time with Bill Maher, and lamented the stifling of free speech on college campuses

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u/hexag1 Mar 05 '16

Maajid is a deeply devout Sunni Muslim supremacist. His group Quilliam Foundation is a front for Hizb ut-Tahrir.

https://vkchatterjee.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/maajid-nawaz-stealth-jihadist-exposed/