Napoleon

>Napoleon
>French

pick one

Why not both?

He's Corsican with Italian roots

He was born into a region of France, which Corse was at the time and is now

No it wasn't really. They didn't become "French" until after he was born.

He even had to learn French

>Hitler
>German

pick one

French is not about roots

>They didn't become "French" until after he was born

That's false, you can check the dates literally anywhere
Corsica became French before his birth
Napoleon spent his childhood in a French military school on the mainland

It was sold to the Kingdom of France in 1768, and the French Annexed it on May 9 1769. Napoleon was born in August 15 1769. It was French when he was born in it and throughout his life he strongly considered himself French.

but in his youth he wanted Corsican independence and viewed himself as a Corsican first

Yes. In his Youth. When he was an adult - so 80% of his life, he thought himself French.

Everyone is edgy as a teen
He grew out of it

>Born in French-owned Corsica
>Studied at the french military academy of Brienne
>had an edgy moment where he was a corsican independentist... But then helped the french revolutionary army take over Corsica
>had french friends and french marshalls
>ate french food
>loved France
>asked in his will to be buried "with the french people that I loved so much"

Yeah, right... "Italian".

He's a citizen of the Republic. That goes beyond racial or ethnic distinctions.

I bet you wouldn't say the same for a second generation algerine immigrant whose top achievement is dealing drugs.

An essential part of being French is wanting to be French.

Napoleon loved France and fought for her
Can't say that about any Algerian immigrant, rich or poor

He was French because he became emperor of France. Just like Stalin was Georgian but became leader of the USSR so people call him Russian

No, you're right. But I would say the same with a second generation Algerian immigrant who served in the french army, love France and adapt his way of life to act more "french". Like, being a muslim, but not asking his wife and daughters to wear a veil on their heads.

What does being french mean? A royalist would have called Napoopan a France hating traitor, just like a catholic would call out an algerine pushing for the islamization of France.

You don't see the difference between the values of French Enlightenment and the French revolution, and a foreign ideology that seeks to obliterate France?

Or like people call Hitler German because he ruled Germany

Exactly

What a silly post. Don't you think royalists and islamists would consider their own ideologies infinitely better for France than the values of illuminism and christianity?

One of those ideologies is French and supports the French nation, while the other is foreign and seeks to destroy it. What part of this don't you understand?

>austrians are not german