The author is confused. To deplore the horrifying excesses of the decadence of Western Civilisation is not to fail to deplore the horrifying excesses of the Taliban. A truth seeker deplores both.
“To deplore the horrifying excesses of the decadence of Western Civilisation is not to fail to deplore the horrifying excesses of the Taliban.”
The Right needs to hear that over and over. Republicans and conservatives have a very difficult time deploring a thing without endorsing its opposite.