Not the same words by any means, there are key differences

But very similar

Macron is saying something akin to "the sky is never blue"

I suppose if someone wants to be specific about it, a "nationalist" can be categorized as someone who believes their nation is superior to all other nations and a "patriot" is someone who is willing to protect/defend their nation from intruders and harm.

But that's a stretch

A nationalist is someone who thinks having a nation is better than not having one

Supremacy of one nation over the other is national supremacism or something like that

Yea, which is why I said it was a stretch if he's going for that definition

But oh well, nothing new from the play book I suppose from a avowed leftist. Redefining words to whatever suits them

A nationalist doesn't have to feel he cares about his country because it's has anything superior to another country.

i can be 'patriotic' about my State but just because of how things generally are in it.

Yeah it's totally possible to be patriotic without being nationalistic, sure. If Macron made that point it would be fine, although I wouldn't know why that would be an important thing to say.

often, lefties try to tie the ideas of nazis and eugenics with nationalism

that's muddles things

yep, hence why we should keep pushing the fact that Hitler was left-wing

And the idea that fascism is generally left/center

hitler wasn't nationalist so much as he was an Imperialist. Trump is a nationalist and has no desire to go around conquering other countries

Yep

It was called the Third Reich, not the Third Nation

And he conquered, he didn't protect

i don't see how nationalist and imperialist are mutually exclusive categories

also his foreign policy was largely based around taking back german territory

The point is the narrative of nationalism = evil

By demonstrating that Hitler wasn't even nationalist in the first place, it becomes easier to defeat the less informed crowd

i mean you can't demonstrate that because he very obviously was

He was no more nationalist than any other leader

are you saying that in the sense of speaking to hitler's private beliefs

because his ideology was certainly very nationalistic

I find it funny that "I want my country to be the best it can be" is a bad thing now.

or "I want my country to look after it's own interests first" is a bad thing.

I look at Hitler's actions first, his words second. Nothing about his actions strikes me as more nationalistic than any other leader ever.

Because it's supremacist colonialist bigotry to admit to liking your country

is that sarcasm?

It tis the language of my people

I could understand how being nationalist could be a racest thing if you consider race part of your national identity.
but for me that has never been the case.

or for where i live, our national identity is based on values more then anything else.

Race isn't part of American identity

right, so being an American nationalist isn't a bad thing.

^

Just means you love America

And the people who love it as well