It's quite a transformative realization once you correctly understand and are cognizant of the implications of the textbook definition of fascism: fascism is any public-private partnership that undermines civil liberties. That means, functionally: Joe Arpaio is a fascist. Jeff Sessions is a fascist. Dick Cheney is a fascist. Donald J Trump is a fascist. Rodrigo Duterte is a fascist. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a fascist. The Saudi royals are fascists. Vladimir Putin is a fascist. And, sadly, it would appear that Cynthia H Coffman is also a functional member of the dark brotherhood of fascism. Let them all be so-judged and their threats degraded to that of powerlessness to wrongfully cause harm or inspire consternation in the meek lives they would exploit and degrade.