Deeply so, yes. Their virtue signaling is an attempt, in vain, to conceal that fact. As fallen humans, we all have elements within us that motivate us towards evil. Better to accept that fact and face it on the spiritual battlefield than to pretend those elements don’t exist, or to try to convince others that we as an individual are uniquely unafflicted by them. Such attempts are delusional and counterproductive.
Excellent. Well said.
And it is pride (or for modernist types - ego) which moves us to protect and justify our fallen nature.