Nihilism, Watch for it

[Truth2Tell]

Check the headline on this AP article:

"Shooting suspect's nihilism rose with isolation"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x159401

Nihilism. It's the perfect word for the media spin machine to have seized upon. It fits the "neither right nor left" meme to a tee.

It's the perfect lie. And if the AP is using it my bet is we'll be hearing more of it.

[thaddeus_flowe]

1. nihilists, fuck me

i mean say what you will about the tenets of national socialism dude, but at least it's an ethos.

[Truth2Tell]

5. Exactly.

:thumbsup:

[Truth2Tell]

15. oh, and btw, Welcome to DU!

You made precisely the appropriate first reply to my OP.

Cheers! :toast:

[upi402]

2. They're running like they stole it aren't they

Gergen's CYA and STFU to us is telling. They know they've been found out and we will never be silenced again.

This is nascent Nazism and we have to say it aloud.

[rbrnmw]

3. WOW More propaganda used to negate any claim that the Right-wingers

had any culpability for the violence born out of their hateful words

[NuclearDem]

4. I hate nihilists

They peed on my valued rug, dude!

[Last_Stand]

6. "These men are cowards, Donny..." n/t

[spanone]

7. it's the nihilists...ok

[slackmaster]

8. Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism...

...but at least it was an ethos.

[Hannah Bell]

9. Nihilism

was first introduced into philosophical discourse by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819).

Jacobi used the term to characterize rationalism<7> and in particular Immanuel Kant's "critical" philosophy in order to carry out a reductio ad absurdum according to which all rationalism (philosophy as criticism) reduces to nihilism, and thus it should be avoided and replaced with a return to some type of faith and revelation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism

[snagglepuss]

11. That's very interesting. Thanks for posting. nt

[bemildred]

10. That's a very incorrect usage, but yeah it will probably work great as a smear/dodge. nt

[hootinholler]

12. Oh man. That's fucking perfect.

The right won't know what it means so it will mean scary people to them. Hell I had to go look it up.

Geebus.

-Hoot

[Avalux]

13. And....the wingnuts don't know what it means. n/t

[conspirator]

14. "Nobody is gonna cut your dick off dude. Not if I have anything to say about it" n/t

[Truth2Tell]

17. nice ferret. nt

[tekisui]

21. Nice marmot.

:)

[musette_sf]

16. already seen it today

posted on this topic, by a forced-birther on a reproductive rights website.

[Truth2Tell]

18. Haha! Whataya know...

MSNBC:

Jared was in a "nihilistic rut."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40996934/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts

[toddaa]

19. I'm a nihilist

But nihilism comes in many flavors. Mine is existential. I prefer to see nihilism as the beginning of humanity's creation of community. The universe is without meaning and our lives are without purpose. From that emptiness, we are free. What we choose to do with that freedom is what makes the difference.

[Forkboy]

23. +1

[Truth2Tell]

20. and Malkin now too

http://michellemalkin.com/2011/01/10/truther-pothead-creep-nihilist-psycho/

[Truth2Tell]

22. CBS is using it now...

http://news.lalate.com/2011/01/10/jared-loughner-nihilistic-delusions-were-feared-by-his-friends/

"ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Jared Loughner’s nihilism was feared by even his friends, reports news Monday. Jared Loughner’s exhibited nihilistic delusions to his friends..."

[sarcasmo]

24. Great older Rancid song. Nihilism

Nihilism lyrics
come into the union district
drive down on sharmon palms
white ghettos paint a picture
broken homes and broken bones
i was so full of scotch i could not stand up
i was hittin the shots and i moved to a cup
release me from moral assumption
total rejection total destruction
nihilistic feelings are moving if i try real hard
i'll see right through them

nihilism!

walkin a path of self destruction
not affected by the repercussions
lady on the billboard offer me a drink
said not right now i need time to think
nihilistic feelins are movin
if you try real hard
you'll see right through them

i was so full of scotch i could not stand up
i was hittin the shots and i moved to a cup
white ghettos paint a picture
broken homes and broken bones