The answer is in the words. To be an American is to not be a Patriot! Why?
To be a Patriot is to be forced to be a good US Citizen. To be a US Citizen is to follow the unlawful 14th Amendment.
I spoke to a gathering of freedom loving Americans a few weeks ago before the Tampa debacle. I announced that I was not a US CITIZEN, rather I was a North Carolinian American. They got rather upset. When they put away the ropes and tar I explained my position and was told to go back to Russia.
This is where we are today. If you realize the nation you love is controlled by outsiders through a corporate front you immediately disqualify your self as a patriot in the eyes of your fellow like minded neighbors. If you prepare for the battles to come you join the ranks of the scruffy bearded kooks that sleep in the woods and kill people who get too close (perception that is published weekly in the media) to them.
When we can lose the keywords and media contrived names we will be on the high road to knowledge and success.