Which isn't to say there's NO relationship, but given that fascism is a tool the response is rather a lot like telling me that the hammer and the man holding the hammer, are the same creature.
I might have bothered to explain to that person why they were being silly in my replies, but their tone made it clear I'd be wasting my time. Hopefully at some point he'll read some Trotsky, but it's gonna have to be far away from me.