Fascism is a term that can be a bit fuzzy since it looks different each time it raises its ugly head. It looks a little different from one country to the next due to customs, history and norms. It also looks a little different depending upon moments in history since the lens used to view the world changes from 1933, to 1988, to 2017.
But Fascism has one distinguishing hallmark that is consistent each and every time - attack and eliminate free speech.