Reply #52: For comparison....

[sofa king]

Here's something I was messing around with after Inauguration Day. Notice that the block of the mall I chose to compare is empty in the OP's picture. My initial guess is that the Inauguration was at least ten times larger than this event.

There is a damned good reason to deflate the erroneous claims of the right-wing protesters. Most of them have a mental pathology which requires them to believe they are part of a majority of like-minded individuals. (Remember that "we are a Christian nation" bullshit just after the election? That's part of it, too.) Once they firmly believe they are the majority, they then turn their attention to being hostile to everyone who isn't. Racism is part of it, but it's really more about hiding in the safety of numbers.

If one can make them feel like they are a minority themselves, they will be motivated to change the way they think, if only so they can feel less frightened. We need them to do that. They need to do that, because currently they're being hoodwinked by their fascist leaders and support an agenda that is clearly not in their best interests, or ours. And, slapping them in the face with the wet scrod of truth once in awhile forces them to see the world a little more as it is, rather than the fantasy land in which they wish they were living.