I'd normally agree with this. For most of my life the concept of fascism was a bit lost on me; a political concept in history books. However, in recent years there are certainly some members/subgroups of our politics that have brought real tangible policies/actions/words that fit the bill of fascism. Which is why I use the term and feel that Greg Abbott in Texas is a member of that cohort as evidenced by his body of work as Governor (and his general approach to deciding what to focus on). I've lived in Texas for almost 50 years so I feel I'm somewhat qualified to demarcate the fact he's cross the line into that territory even given we've had fairly conservative leaders most my life, this brand of it is different.
That said, the term resurfacing these past handful of years is absolutely with reason. I'm not just name calling because I disagree on policy. Your comment is without sustenance and a lazy dismissal of a fairly serious concern.