Well you see, patriotism is good and free and American while nationalism is bad and fascist and foreign.
americans desperately trying to pretend their patriotism is Stalin’s definition of nationalism and not the fascist or bourgeois definition
If the U.S. = God, which it does for most U.S.icans, then not loving the U.S. is not loving God. It’s a sin of the highest order.
No one has ever explained the difference well so I’ve always assumed they are the same thing and so far I’ve been correct. Literally anyone I’ve ever met who calls themselves a “patriot” is a nationalist.