Can a movement similar to fascism emerge in the US?

[Kasz216]

badgenome said:

sapphi_snake said:

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

Not really. The Uncle Tom stereotype has nothing really to do with the character from the book, who is actually a pretty heroic figure. It derives from the minstrel shows based on the book which weren't authorized by Harriet Beecher Stowe and ended up portraying Tom as a weak, servile character who falls all over himself to ingratiate himself to whites.

That explains it.  I never could figure out why that came from that book.

Considering... it seemed like Uncle Tom was the exact opposite of an Uncle Tom... considering the ending.

As for what an Uncle Tom is....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pnXj1ppsx0