#107 - John Zmirak

The episode opens with a fiery condemnation of what Eric Metaxas and guest John Zmirak describe as a coordinated, ideologically driven campaign of violence and political destabilization targeting conservative leaders. They argue that the recent assassination attempt on President Trump was not a random act but part of a broader pattern orchestrated by a 'deep state' and radical left-wing elements who view Trump as a fascist equivalent to Hitler. Zmirak and Metaxas draw chilling parallels between modern left-wing rhetoric and historical totalitarian movements, citing figures like John Milbank who equate Trump with Hitler and justify violence against him. The conversation escalates into a broader cultural critique: the erosion of Christian values, the hollowing out of Western institutions, and the rise of a 'race communism' ideology that demonizes white Westerners as inherently evil. They warn that without a return to biblical principles, self-government, and moral clarity, America risks becoming like Canada—where euthanasia is now the third leading cause of death, justified under the banner of 'dignity.' The episode culminates in a passionate defense of Metaxas’s new book, which reframes the American Revolution not as a radical upheaval but as a conservative defense of inherited Christian liberty against a decadent, post-Christian British elite—epitomized by the drunken, narcissistic 'Champagne Charlie' Townshend.