“Never allow the left to dictate what words mean, what words we’re allowed to use. It’s their most powerful weapon.”
Absolutely, he means the word “Nationalist” and it’s the word he should use. You can be a patriot without necessarily being a “Nationalist” although the two often go hand in hand.
Never let the left control your your dialogue because they color a word by intentional misrepresentation. Use the word often and drive home to the people it’s TRUE meaning.
Etymologyfrom Latin etymologia, from Greek etymologia "analysis of a word to find its true origin," properly "study of the true sense (of a word)," with -logia "study of, a speaking of" (see -logy) + etymon "true sense, original meaning," neuter of etymos "true, real, actual," related to eteos "true," which perhaps is cognate with Sanskrit satyah, Gothic sunjis, Old English soð "true," from a PIE *set- "be stable." Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium.