Could be, in fact almost certainly to some degree so, but if the fundamentalists see the moderates as all of those things, then they are not wrong either. Moderate religion helps the fundies in three ways, its failings make them more certain of their extreme views, it renders all religion respectable, and it creates the environment in which they can swim and look for support. Both negative and positive assistance.

@Fernapple I have maintained for a long time that moderate religionists are enablers of their more fanatical brethren.

Around the world, fundamentalist sects are the most dangerous, the most violent, the most determined to gain power, and the most willing to twist and cherry pick their own creed to suit that end. In the USA, we find nominal Catholics and Protestants among the ranks of the Christian nationalists, but the vast majority of them are Evangelical Christians. They are our own, home grown, American Taliban.