love of country and love of government are not the same thing of course
Yes but there are many kinds of nationalism outside of the patriotic expression of love of country.
The Black Power nationalism of Jeremiah Wright, preached to Obama for 20 years every Sunday, is an example, based on the racial superiority of the Black Race.Obama is a black power nationalist who has bent the presidential office to comment on legitimate lawful police activity in places like Cambridge MA and Ferguson , MO, where he expresses his black nationalism through direct interference wwith LEOs just doing their jobs.This is but one of many examples.
Alan West , Ben Carson and many others see this kind of nationalism in Obama, but most people in the USA do not. The majority of Americans think that nationalism is simply singing a national anthem and being fervent about ones nation. That is not accurate.
Additionally much of Obama’s nationalism is well camouflaged by politically correct emotionalism.
This is a good read:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html