Melissa Ross of Jacksonville, FL NPR affiliate WJCT-FM interviewed Spencer Critchley about Patriots of Two Nations on July 23, 2020. It was an in-depth exploration of the gulf between the two nations that Spencer sees as occupying one American territory.
“It’s even bigger than [the culture war]… which is why people who oppose Trump have such a hard time understanding people who support Trump,” says Spencer. “It dates back to the founding of the country… We all assume that reason triumphed in the Enlightenment and that it’s been progress ever since. But there was a Counter-Enlghtenment,” which rejects the supremacy of reason, which is seen as soulless, in favor of faith, tradition, loyalty, and tribal identity.
You can listen to the full interview at the WJCT website. It starts at 31:13.
