As Dashersaw it, “my platform begins with God. That’s really what this whole thing isabout. In Washington, when we look at what’s going on, we see an erosion awayfrom that platform.” Of course, people who believe they are representingGod in politics have atendency to project wildly, and Dasher followed up byaccusing the federal government – not himself – of “believ[ing] that they’reGod”; government is, according to Dasher, intent on “gain[ing] controlover every aspect of our lives” as part of a plan to create a “cultureof dependency.” And the “swift drift away from God will usher in tyrannyand death”: “Tyranny will get its foothold – if it already doesn’t haveit – and in the end, there will be mass carnage and mass death. It’sinevitable.”

He thenwent on toblame the Sandy Hook shooting on atheists and post-modernists (though the shooter “was madein the image of God.But somewhere along the way he believed what theatheist says. He reduced humanity to nothing more than a collection of atoms”– Dasher cited no evidence, of course, sinceevidence is an atheistpost-modernist tool), whom he also accused of “brainwashing a generation”through rap music and general “moral decay” and erosion of liberty(whatever he means by ‘liberty’). He also advocated for schools to “arm theteachers” but warnedthat government officials intend to repeal the SecondAmendment in order to eliminate all otherfreedoms.

Apparently,the disturbingly insane documentaryTorchbearer, a “Christian war film”about Phil Robertson directed by Steve Bannon, was the brainchild of ZachDasher.

Diagnosis:Possibly old news. Dasher is a fanatic loon and conspiracy theorist, but mightnot possess the level of unhinged frenzy that seems required to make it intothe limelight in 2024. Still, he does apparently have some powerful allies.