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Old 12-01-2018, 10:08 PM   #80 (permalink)
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Please fill me in on how you define nihilism then, because many of the academic resources I've read into frame nihilism fairly closely to what I've been saying.

I fail to see how nihilism can exist without pessimism. To say that you're a nihilist without an ounce of pessimism makes me think you either don't understand nihilism or you don't understand philosophical pessimism. It's about as strange as saying you're an altruist who lacks any optimism.
Recognizing the universe for what it is (chaotic and simply present with no moral code) is neither positive nor negative. The philosophy may attract pessimists but that doesn't mean that those two philosophies are connected, which is what I was driving at with my earlier racist/conservative analogy. Conflating the two suggests a misunderstanding of one of the other afaic. Does that make sense, my embarrassed Republican?
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