The hysteria on the on the political right that makes radical Islam out to be this great horrible threat is a dangerous thing. It is dangerous because it obscures the real problem. Even if radical Islam was wiped off the face of the earth, western society would still be in danger of collapsing. The problem is not that radical Islam is so dangerous but that western society is so rotten.

Popular conservative columnist Rod Dreher comes close to admitting as much in his rant entitled Dildos versus scimitars.