The difference between ethical atheism and nihlism is that ethical atheists have more faith

[jstrodel]

So in other words there are moral imperatives that result from not believing in any moral imperitives?

If there are no moral imperatives, the only ground for actions is pure cynicism.

It is even more egregious cynicism to suggest there is some sort of paradox there, as you are doing.

If you are a nihilist, you cannot be a moral person. You would argue, as someone that is incapable of being a moral person, I have no duty to be a moral person.

No, as a person who is amoral, what you are free to do is to live in complete cynicism. If you participate in the political processes and speak as if there are moral absolutes, you are a liar, plain and simple. Of course you do not have duties to avoid lying, but the linguistic categories of cynicism and deceit still apply to you.

But this gets back to my original point: there is really no duty attached to any of this, for the nihilist. But the nihilist will separate himself from the rest of the world, which does not function according to this pattern, and will be hated, as is appropriate.