Can a movement similar to fascism emerge in the US?

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HappySqurriel said:

sapphi_snake said:

He didn't say she "talks like a slut", he said she's a "talk slut", and he was pointing out her hypocrisy of criticising Obama for something she praiesd Bush for. He was not referring at all to her sexual conduct. Yet again another attempt by conservatives to prove their point using misquotes.

Even "Talk Slut" is innappropriate and sexist ... Or are you under the impression that we can use offensive terms about people as long as we preface them with something and claim that they weren't being used in an offensive way?

Consider that there are lots of people who believe that Barack Obama is too accommodating to both the Republican and Democrat leadership, and making a claim about this wouldn’t be offensive or wrong; but if someone were to call him a "Political Uncle Tom" to make this point it would  be a remarkably inappropriate and racist way to get the point across.

Well, the term "talk slut" was actually used in an offensive way. The ideea is that it's not sexist. I don't think you're arguing that just offending someone is anything more than unpolite, no?

I'd have to read Uncle Tom's Cabin before beign able to judge how racist the term "political Uncle Tom" would be.