I've heard about "DezNat" (short for "Deseret Nation") a very few times.  I came across this article in The Daily Beast back in January, and then today saw this item in the Daily Utah Chronicle (an independent student paper at the Univeristy of Utah). Both articles are strident in their denunciation of DezNat.  The Daily Beast article describes its origins as quite recent; Some bits from the Daily Chronicle piece: There is no Wikipedia entry about DezNat.  This omission is kin