In the physical realm (politics) and certainly in the spiritual realm (light against dark, honest against lie, good against evil, God against not) this is basically a war. The side of our enemy is relentless. Ours tends not to be, but generally needs provocation to be stirred to action. It happens over and over.
I have often wondered if the conflict between the religious left and the conservative side will ultimately be decided on a battlefield (physical). If extrapolated out, I don't see how it cannot.
But I've read the back of the book; in the end we win.
"and I will make them to come and worship before you, and to know that I have loved you."
That was not spoken by Nostrodamus, liberal voters, or Edgar Caycee, or Mahatma Ghandi, or Gautama Buddha, or even Islam's Mohammed. Jesus said it.
Nope, the left's attack on the right for being extreme is continuous, and visa versa. The Taliban charge is just the latest. And if the right was filled with people who said stupid things like: " Everything liberalism stands for is satanic, i.e., anti-Biblical. That's the only reason they hate us" while promoting the inevitability of physical war with the left, the Taliban comparison would be absolutely perfect.
You really need to do less talking and more listening for awhile.