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'''퇴보좌파'''(regressive left)란 영어권에서 정치적 좌파에 속하는 사람이 [[이슬람주의]]를 비롯한 반서방·반자유적 입장을 옹호한다면 진보좌파(progressive left)가 아니라고 비난하기 위해 만들어진 [[멸칭]]이다.<ref>{{뉴스 인용|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/anti-extremism-muslim-far-left-politics-quilliam-social-reform-a7388931.html|title=I'm a Muslim reformer who is being smeared as an 'anti-Muslim extremist' by angry white liberals|last=Nawaz|first=Naajid|date= 2016-10-31|work=The Independent|access-date= 2019-11-26}}</ref> 이 말을 자주 입에 올리는 사람으로는 [[마지드 나와즈]],<ref>{{웹 인용|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/magazine/can-a-former-islamist-make-it-cool-to-be-moderate.html|title=Maajid Nawaz's Radical Ambition|last=Williams|first=Thomas Chatterton|author-link=Thomas Chatterton Williams|work=[[New York Times Magazine]]|date=28 March 2017|access-date=21 January 2018|quote=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.}}</ref> 방송인 [[빌 마허]]와 [[데이브 루빈]],<ref name="maherdawkins">{{뉴스 인용|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/3/bill-maher-richard-dawkins-blast-regressive-libera/|title=Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins blast 'regressive liberals' giving a 'free pass' to Islam|last=Howel|first=Kellan|work=[[The Washington Times]]|date=3 October 2015|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{웹 인용|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/26/conservatives-love-to-hate-political-correctness-but-the-left-should-rail-against-it-too
|title=Conservatives love to hate political correctness, but the left should rail against it too
|last=Alcorn|first=Gay|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=26 April 2016|access-date=21 January 2018|quote=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.}}</ref> [[신무신론]] 운동가 [[샘 해리스]]와 [[리처드 도킨스]] 등이 있다.<ref name="maherdawkins" /><ref>{{웹 인용|url=https://thehumanist.com/magazine/january-february-2016/arts_entertainment/islam-future-tolerance-dialogue|title=Review of ''Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue''|last=Dunbar|first=Mark|publisher=[[The Humanist (journal)|TheHumanist.com]]|date=22 December 2015|access-date=21 January 2018|quote=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.'}}</ref>

퇴보좌파라는 말은 2007년 마지드 나와즈가 처음 사용했다. 나와즈는 급진이슬람주의 [[히즈브 웃타흐리르]] 소속이었으나 절연하고 세속주의 이슬람으로 전향한 인물이다.<ref name="Radical">{{서적 인용|last=Nawaz|first=Maajid|date=2012|title=Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIjms8hwoW8C|publisher=WH Allen|page=210|isbn=9781448131617|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref> 나와즈는 이슬람주의는 “전지구적인 전체주의 신정정치 프로젝트”라며, 이슬람주의자들을 비판하지 않고 오히려 영합하는 좌파 인물들을 가리키는 말로써 “퇴보좌파”라는 말을 처음 사용했다.<ref name="rad">{{서적 인용|last=Nawaz|first=Maajid|date=2012|title=Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIjms8hwoW8C|publisher=WH Allen|isbn=9781448131617}}</ref> 나와즈는 [[신보수주의|신보수주의자]]들의 [[이라크 전쟁]]과 이슬람권의 신정주의를 동시에 비판할 수 있다고 믿으며, 그러지 못하고 미국의 침략을 비판하기 위해 이슬람을 옹호하는 좌파들이 퇴보좌파라고 주장하였다.<ref name=Nawaz>{{뉴스 인용|last1=Rubin|first1=Dave|title=Maajid Nawaz and Dave Rubin Discuss the Regressive Left and Political Correctness|url=http://www.ora.tv/rubinreport/2015/10/2/maajid-nawaz-and-dave-rubin-discuss-the-regressive-left-political-correctness-0_twq2e3jhwn8|access-date=3 January 2016|work=Rubin Report|date=2 October 2015|archive-date=2016-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310051811/http://www.ora.tv/rubinreport/2015/10/2/maajid-nawaz-and-dave-rubin-discuss-the-regressive-left-political-correctness-0_twq2e3jhwn8|url-status=}}</ref>

2016년, [[버즈피드 뉴스]] 기자 [[조지프 번스타인]]은 [[구글 트렌드]]에 따르면 2015년 말엽부터 퇴보좌파라는 말이 관심을 받기 시작했으며, 이 용어가 [[자유주의|자유주의자]]를 자처하는 나와즈, 마허, 도킨스 등에 의해 보급되었음에도 불구하고 실질적으로는 인터넷상에서 [[소셜 저스티스 워리어|SWJ]]를 비난하는 [[대안우파]]의 수사로 사용된다고 분석했다.<ref>{{웹 인용|last=Bernstein|first=Joseph|date=March 15, 2016|title=The Rise Of The #Regressiveleft Hashtag|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/the-rise-of-the-regressiveleft-hashtag|access-date=2021-10-05|website=BuzzFeed News}}</ref>

== 각주 ==
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[[분류:신무신론]]
[[분류:반이슬람주의]]
[[분류:대안우파]]