They are in touch. People who commit sins are really living life. They are enjoying life. Listen to the attitudes on contemporary talk shows. Listen to the arguments people make in justifying sinful behavior and sinful lifestyles.
Sin is portrayed as exciting and fulfilling.
On the flip side, those who stand for righteousness are portrayed as negative, narrow, and puritanical. They are painted as extremist, and radicals. Worse still, they're called Republicans. Those who stand for righteousness are depicted as the real problem in our society today. But this is deception.