Poster listing 'early warning signs of fascism' shared hundreds of thousands of times by anti-Trump protesters

The tweet of the poster, which has been shared hundreds of thousands of times
Patrick Grafton-Green31 January 2017

A poster listing the “early warning signs of fascism” has been shared hundreds of thousands of times by anti-Donald Trump protesters.

Sarah Rose shared a photo of the poster, which hangs at the US Holocaust Museum, on Twitter on Monday, so far receiving over 114,000 retweets and 155,000 likes.

It lists the identifying features of a potentially fascist regime, including “powerful and continuing nationalism”, “distain for human rights” and “rampant sexism”.

And some believe the attributes on the list can be likened to Mr Trump's presidency.

@stacekez wrote: “At the Holocaust museum in the US. Pretty jarring, jaw dropping, terrifying.

"You get what I'm saying. We're doomed.”

@StephenOzoroski added: “Damn, they found trumps grocery list in the holocaust museum.”

@JamboHardy said: "This is a US holocaust museum. The comparisons to modern day are alarming."

The list was originally written by political scientist Laurence W. Britt in 2003.

The official day of remembrance for Holocaust victims was on Friday and although Mr Trump issued a statement he was critised for not including any mention of Jews.

That same day, he signed an executive order banning the immigration of residents of seven Muslim-majority nations in the Middle East.

And the day after his inaugaration, women from across world took to the streets decrying Mr Trump's stand on such issues as abortion, health care and diversity.

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